John Wilson (bureaucrat)

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John Wilson (1807 – January 1876) was an immigrant from Ireland to the United States who held positions in the United States Department of the Treasury and United States Department of the Interior.

Biography

John Wilson was born in Ireland and settled in the District of Columbia at an early age. He held a clerkship in the United States Post Office and United States Department of the Treasury.^[1] He was appointed Commissioner of the General Land Office in 1852, and held that office until 1855.^[1] He was later Third Auditor of the Treasury 1864-1869.^[1]

Wilson was also associated with Railroads in Illinois, and later settled in Washington, D.C. as a claim agent and attorney. He died in Washington D.C., January, 1876 at age 68.^[1]

Wilson's brother, Joseph S. Wilson, also served as Commissioner of the General Land Office.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lanman, Charles (1887). Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States. New York: J M Morrison. p. 552.

Political offices
Preceded by Justin Butterfield	Commissioner of the General Land Office 1852-1855	Succeeded by Thomas A. Hendricks
Preceded by Elijah Sells	Third Auditor of the United States Treasury 1864-1869	Succeeded by Reader W. Clarke

v t e Commissioners of the General Land Office

Edward Tiffin Josiah Meigs John McLean George Graham Elijah Hayward Ethan Allen Brown James Whitcomb Elisha M. Huntington Thomas H. Blake James Shields Richard M. Young Justin Butterfield John Wilson Thomas A. Hendricks Samuel Axley Smith Joseph S. Wilson James M. Edmunds Joseph S. Wilson Willis Drummond Samuel S. Burdett James A. Williamson Noah C. McFarland William A. J. Sparks Strother M. Stockslager Lewis A. Groff Thomas H. Carter William M. Stone Silas W. Lamoreux Binger Hermann William A. Richards Richard Achilles Ballinger Fred Dennett Clay Tallman William Spry Charles C. Moore Fred W. Johnson

Persondata
Name	Wilson, John
Alternative names
Short description	General Land Office Commissioner
Date of birth	1807
Place of birth
Date of death	1876
Place of death

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