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  Wilson, William W.
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NameWilliam W. Wilson
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Chicago, Illinois , United States
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Born March 02, 1868
DiedJuly 22, 1942 (74 years)
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Infoa Representative from Illinois; born in Ohio, Bureau County, Ill., March 2, 1868; attended the public schools of Ohio, Ill., and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; was graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1893; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920; appointed general counsel of the Alien Property Custodian of the United States in 1922, serving until 1927; resumed the practice of law; died in Chicago, Ill., July 22, 1942; interment in Union Cemetery, Ohio, Ill.


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  04/13/1926 IL District 3-R Primary Lost 42.03% (-15.93%)
  09/15/1920 IL District 3-R Primary Lost 45.12% (-0.51%)
  11/05/1918 IL District 3 Won 52.92% (+10.22%)
  09/11/1918 IL District 3-R Primary Won 68.99% (+37.98%)
  11/07/1916 IL District 3 Won 55.67% (+15.41%)
  09/13/1916 IL District 3-R Primary Won 56.63% (+13.26%)
  11/03/1914 IL District 3 Won 44.91% (+4.60%)
  09/09/1914 IL District 3-R Primary Won 57.77% (+15.55%)
  11/05/1912 IL - District 03 Lost 28.79% (-4.38%)
  04/09/1912 IL District 3-R Primary Won 63.00% (+43.72%)
  11/08/1910 IL - District 03 Won 44.94% (+0.15%)
  11/03/1908 IL - District 03 Won 55.95% (+20.12%)
  11/06/1906 IL - District 03 Won 49.65% (+26.57%)
  11/08/1904 IL District 3 Won 61.01% (+36.84%)
  11/04/1902 IL District 3 Won 53.53% (+13.25%)
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