James Wilson (U.S. politician)
James Tama Jim Wilson was a Scottishborn American politician who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture for sixteen years during three presidencies, from 1897 to 1913. He holds the record as the longestserving United States Cabinet member, and if one counts his day and a half under Woodrow Wilson, the only cabinet member to serve under four consecutive Presidents.
Wilson was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on August 16, 1835. One ofchildren, he grew up in a farming community near the birthplace of Robert Burns.
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