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Encyclopedia Britannica



WILSON, JAMES (1835 )

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 694 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: WIL-YAK
WILSON, JAMES (1835 ) , American
administrator
 , was born in Ayrshire,
Scotland
 , on the 16th of August 1835. In 1851 he was taken by his parents to America, where they originally settled in Connecticut, but in 1855 removed to Tama county Iowa. He studied at Iowa College, and in 1861 became a farmer. He was a Republican member of the state
House
  of Representatives in 18681873, and was its
speaker
  in 18721873, and he was a member of the National
House
  of Representatives from 1873 to 1877 and again in 18831885. From 1870 to 1874 he was a regent of the State University of Iowa; in 18771883 was a member of the Iowa State Railway Commission, and from 1890 to 1897 was professor of
agriculture
  at the Iowa Agricultural College, at
Ames
 , and director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station. In
March
  1897 he became Secretary of
Agriculture
  in President
McKinley
 's Cabinet and served into President Taft's administration, holding office longer than any other cabinet officer since the organization of the government.


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