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Wilson D. Gillette

Wilson D. Gillette
Frontispiece of 1952's Wilson Darwin Gillette, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
November 4, 1941 – August 7, 1951
Preceded byAlbert G. Rutherford
Succeeded byJoseph L. Carrigg
Constituency15th district (1941–1945)
14th district (1945–1951)
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1930–1941
Personal details
Born(1880-07-01)July 1, 1880
Sheshequin Township, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 7, 1951(1951-08-07) (aged 71)
Towanda, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
Alma materSusquehanna 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Rep. W. D. Gillette of Towanda Dies; Towanda Daily Review; Towanda, Pennsylvania; Page 1; August 8, 1951

Sources

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  • 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.
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