LC control no. | nr 94000727 |
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Personal name heading | Wilson, James, 1835-1920 |
Found in | Anthony, H. Integrity of Republican administration, 1876: t.p. (Hon. James Wilson) DAB (Wilson, James; b. 8/16/1836; d. 8/26/1920) NUC pre-1956 (Wilson, James, 1835-1920) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Wilson, James; representative from Iowa; b. Ayrshire, Scotland; immigrated to U.S. in 1852 and settled in Norwich, Conn., moved to Iowa in 1855; attended Grinnell Coll.; engaged in agricultural pursuits; teacher; member Iowa House 1867-71; regent State Univ. of Iowa 1870-74; member Iowa Railway Commission 1878-83; director agricultural experiment station, Iowa Agricultural Coll. at Ames 1891-97; U.S. Sec. of Agriculture 1897-1917; b. 8/16/1835; d. 8/26/1920) Sobel, R. Biog. dir. of the U.S. executive branch, 1971 (Wilson, James; b. 8/16/1835; d. 8/26/1920) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Wilson, James, 1835-1920; note: not to be confused with James Wilson, 1797-1881) |