Biography

01/24/1841 - 02/02/1921

John Harvey Wilson (D38) Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest Counties 1887-1890

Early Life:

John Harvey Wilson, born January 24, 1841, farm, Monroe Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel and Sarah Callen Reid Wilson; Institute; school teacher, five years; merchant, ten years; agricultural land owner; cattle farmer; Minerva Jane Frampton Wilson, 1866, children, Samuel Guy Wilson, Minnie Keturah Wilson Wyant, Richard Thomas Wilson, Pearl Wilson Kifer, Charles Callen Wilson; John Reynolds Wilson; Fred Evans Wilson, Grace Wilson Corbett; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1875-1876, not a candidate for reelection, 1876; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1887-1890; board member, Clarion State Normal School (now Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion); elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1913-1914 term, not a candidate for reelection, 1914; died, February 2, 1921 (aged 80), Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; interment, Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1875-1876, not a candidate for reelection, 1876.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 38th district, Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest Counties, 1887-1890; committee assignments, Appropriations, Congressional Apportionment, Corporations, Legislative Apportionment, Vice and Immorality;  known for working hard and effectually, establishment, Clarion State Normal School.

Board member, Clarion State Normal School (now Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion). 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1913-1914 term, not a candidate for reelection, 1914.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1890). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 697, 702-704, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 670.

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members W". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Clarion Democrat - February 3, 1921

John Harvey Wilson (1841-1921) - Find a Grave Memorial