Representative Ward Wilson View All Years

Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 4/21/1932

Birth Place: Tama, Iowa

Birth County: Tama

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
House: 32 (1907) - 33 (1909)

Home County: Tama

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Father: James Wilson; GAs 12 - 14

Ward Wilson

Tama County

WARD WILSON was born on a farm two and one-half miles west of Traer, Iowa, on September 17, 1865, and died at his home on the same farm April 21, 1932. Burial was in Buckingham Cemetery. His father was James Wilson, U.S. secretary of agriculture, and his mother was Esther (Wilbur) Wilson. He was educated in a country school and in the Iowa State College of Agriculture at Ames. For several years he practiced the profession of veterinary surgeon in his section, and was engaged in farming and the breeding of Short Horn cattle and Clydesdale horses. In 1906 he was elected representative and was re-elected in 1908, serving in the Thirty-second and Thirty-third general assemblies.

House District 50