| James Jefferson Wilson | |
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| United States Senator from New Jersey |
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| In office March 4, 1815 – January 8, 1821 |
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| Preceded by | John Lambert |
| Succeeded by | Samuel L. Southard |
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| Born | 1775 Essex County, New Jersey |
| Died | July 28, 1824 (aged 48–49) Trenton, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
James Jefferson Wilson (1775 – July 28, 1824) served New Jersey as a U.S. Senator from 1815 to 1821.
Wilson was born in Essex County, New Jersey, where he attended the common schools. He was editor and publisher of the True American of Trenton, New Jersey 1801-1824; clerk in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1804; judge advocate and captain, Hunterdon Brigade, New Jersey Militia, in 1806; surrogate of Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1808; member of the General Assembly 1809-1811; brigadier general and Adjutant General of New Jersey from 1810–1812, and reappointed in 1814; captain in the Third Regiment, Hunterdon Brigade 1814; captain in the New Jersey Militia 1814; brigadier general and Quartermaster General of New Jersey from 1821 to 1824.
Wilson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1815, to January 8, 1821, when he resigned; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses), Committee on Claims (Sixteenth Congress); appointed Postmaster of Trenton, New Jersey, in 1821 and served until his death in that city; interment in the First Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton.
In 1909, a statue of Wilson designed by artist James E. Kelly was erected at West Point.
| United States Senate | ||
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| Preceded by John Lambert |
United States Senator (Class 1) from New Jersey 1815–1821 Served alongside: John Condit, Mahlon Dickerson |
Succeeded by Samuel L. Southard |
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