Wilson, James, 1797-1881

found: Whig Party (N.H.). Whigs remember! 1838:t.p. (Gen. James Wilson, Jr.; Whig candidate for governor of N.H., 1838)

found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong., 1989(Wilson, James; repr. from Keene, N.H.; grad. Middlebury Coll. 1820; member of state militia 1820-40; major-general; lawyer in Keene; member of N.H. House of Reps 1825-37, 1840, 1846, 1871-2; candidate for gov. 1835 and 1838; surveyor general of public lands in Terr. of Wisconsin and Iowa 1841-5; U.S. Cong. 1847-50; commissioner of land claims in California 1851-3; lived in San Francisco 1853-67;; b. 3/18/1797; d. 5/29/1881)