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JAMES WILSON (1835— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 694 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES See also:WILSON (1835— )  , See also:American See also:administrator, was See also:born in See also:Ayrshire, See also:Scotland, on the 16th of See also:August 1835 . In 1851 he was taken by his parents to See also:America, where they originally settled in See also:Connecticut, but in 1855 removed to Tama See also:county See also:Iowa . He studied at Iowa See also:College, and in 1861 became a See also:farmer . He was a Republican member of the See also:state See also:House of Representatives in 1868—1873, and was its See also:speaker in 1872—1873, and he was a member of the See also:National House of Representatives from 1873 to 1877 and again in 1883—1885 . From 1870 to 1874 he was a See also:regent of the State University of Iowa; in 1877—1883 was a member of the Iowa State Railway See also:Commission, and from 1890 to 1897 was See also:professor of See also:agriculture at the Iowa Agricultural College, at See also:Ames, and director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station . In See also:March 1897 he became Secretary of Agriculture in See also:President See also:McKinley's See also:Cabinet and served into President See also:Taft's See also:administration, holding See also:office longer than any other cabinet officer since the organization of the See also:government .

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