Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1909 — JAMBS WILSON. [ARTICLE]

JAMBS WILSON.

moved to lowa, locating in Tama county, where he has since made his home. He began his political career as a, member ,of the lowa legislature, serving three terms, one as speaker of the house. In 1872 he was elected to the Forty-third congress, re-elected to the Fourty-fourth and after serving several years as member of the lowa railway commission was returned to the Forty-eighth congress. For six years prior to becoming secretary of agriculture Mr. Wilson was director of the agricultural experiment station and professor of agriculture at the lowa Agricultural college at Ames. During bls control of affairs of ths department over which he presides Mr. Wilson has seen it grow from a modest institution into one that ramifies the whole country.