Joseph Gardner Wilson (December 13, 1826 – July 2, 1873) was a
U.S. Republican politician in the state of
Oregon. A native of
New Hampshire, he served as a state circuit court judge and as a justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court, and was elected to the
United States House of Representatives. Wilson died before assuming office in the House.
Early life
Joseph Wilson was born in
Acworth, New Hampshire on December 13, 1826.
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, 1956. His family moved to
Cincinnati in
Hamilton County,
Ohio in 1828 and then on to a farm near
Reading where Joseph attended the local schools.
In 1840, he left the public schools and enrolled at Cary's Academy where he studied until 1842.
In 1846, he graduated from
Marietta College in
Marietta, Ohio.
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Oregon
In 1852, Joseph Wilson traveled the Oregon Trail and immigrated to the Oregon Territory.[ After arriving, he was appointed as clerk to the Oregon Supreme Court, serving until 1855.][ Wilson married Elizabeth Millar Wilson in 1854, and they had four children together.][ Also that year he began working for the Willamette Woolen Company as their first secretary.]district attorney
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for Oregon’s third judicial district (Marion County), serving until 1862.[
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to the Oregon Supreme Court to a newly created position when a fifth seat was added to the court.[Oregon State Archives: Governor's Records Guides]
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/ref> At that time the justices also rode circuit as trial judges, with Wilson holding court in The Dalles.[ Wilson won election to a full six-year term on the court in 1864, before resigning from the court in May 1870.][
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Congress and death
He ran for Congress in 1870, but did not win the seat.[ Joseph Gardner Wilson was buried in The Dalles, Oregon, at Pioneer Cemetery.]
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1826 births
1873 deaths
People from Acworth, New Hampshire
Justices of the Oregon Supreme Court
People from The Dalles, Oregon
Marietta College alumni
Politicians from Marietta, Ohio
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