James J. Wilson

James Jefferson Wilson 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 18011824 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 18091811 brigadier general and Adjutant General of New Jersey from 18101812, 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.

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