John Wilson (Massachusetts)

John Wilson ( born January 10, 1777 Peterborough, New Hampshire; † August 9, 1848 in Belfast, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1813 and 1819 he represented two times the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Wilson attended the Harvard University until 1799. After a subsequent law degree in 1802 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession in Belfast in the former Maine District of the State of Massachusetts. He was also captain of the state militia. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party. In the congressional elections of 1812 he was in the newly refurbished 18th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1813. Since he has not been confirmed in 1814, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1815. This was marked by the events of the British -American War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Wilson practiced as a lawyer again. In the elections of 1816 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives again in the 17th district of his state, where he replaced James Carr on March 4, 1817. In 1818, he was not nominated for re-election. After his final retirement from Congress John Wilson was active again as a lawyer. Politically, he is no more have appeared. He died on August 9, 1848 in Belfast.