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William W. Wilson
William W. Wilson may refer to: * William Warfield Wilson (1868–1942), U.S. Representative from Illinois * William Wallace Wilson, Alberta politician * William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885–1964), Canadian politician See also * William Wilson (other) {{hndis, Wilson, William W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Warfield Wilson
William Warfield Wilson (March 2, 1868 – July 22, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in Ohio, Illinois, Wilson attended public schools, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1893. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chicago, Illinois. Wilson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913). He was not successful as candidate for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress. Wilson was elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920 He was appointed general counsel of the Office of Alien Property Custodian of the United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wallace Wilson
William Wallace Wilson (October 26, 1876 – August 20, 1967) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. Early life William Wallace Wilson was born October 26, 1876 in Fergus, Ontario to James Wilson and Jacqueline Gartshore. Political career Wilson was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1913 Alberta general election for the Coronation district, losing to Liberal Frank H. Whiteside. Wilson was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1917 Alberta general election. He defeated Harry S. Northwood to pick up the vacant Coronation A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head. The term also generally refers not only to the physical crowning but to the whole ceremony wherein the act of crowning occurs, along with the presentation of o ... district for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Conservative Party. Wilson only served a single term in office and did not run again when the legislature was disso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wilber Wilfred Wilson
William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (October 6, 1885 in Birtle, Manitoba – January 27, 1964) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922, and again from 1941 to 1949. The son of Edmund James Wilson and Mary Ann Dunsmore, Wilson was educated at Manitoba's Wesley College, and worked as an attorney-at-law. In 1909, he married Bertha Cairns. He was the mayor of Russell, Manitoba from 1915 to 1918, concurrent with his early tenure in the legislature. Wilson was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1915. Running for the Liberal Party, he easily defeated Conservative candidate J.P. Laycock in the constituency of Russell. Wilson was re-elected without difficulty in the 1920 election. During these years, he was a backbench supporter of Premier Tobias Norris's government. The Liberals were defeated in the 1922 provincial election, and Wilson lost his seat to Isaac Griffiths of the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |