Wilson D. Gillette
Wilson D. Gillette | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
In office November 4, 1941 – August 7, 1951 | |
Preceded by | Albert G. Rutherford |
Succeeded by | Joseph L. Carrigg |
Constituency | 15th district (1941–1945) 14th district (1945–1951) |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1930–1941 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sheshequin Township, Pennsylvania | July 1, 1880
Died | August 7, 1951 Towanda, Pennsylvania | (aged 71)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Susquehanna Collegiate Institute |
Wilson Darwin Gillette (July 1, 1880 – August 7, 1951) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 until his death in Towanda, Pennsylvania in 1951.
Biography
[edit]He was born on a farm near Sheshequin, Pennsylvania. He attended Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits, clerked in a general store and became a dealer of automobiles in 1913. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1930 to 1941.
Gillette was elected as a Republican to the 77th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Albert G. Rutherford, and was reelected to the Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1941, until his death from bronchial pneumonia in Towanda, Pennsylvania.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rep. W. D. Gillette of Towanda Dies; Towanda Daily Review; Towanda, Pennsylvania; Page 1; August 8, 1951
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Wilson D. Gillette (id: G000206)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Eilson D. Gillette at The Political Graveyard
- Wilson Darwin Gillette, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1952.
- Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- 1880 births
- 1951 deaths
- American automobile salespeople
- People from Bradford County, Pennsylvania
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American legislators
- 20th-century Pennsylvania politicians