Wilson, George W
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 22, 1840, in Brighton, Ohio. He received his education in the common schools and at Antioch college.
In 1862 he enlisted in the ninety-fourth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry for three years; was commissioned second and first lieutenant; and in 1864 was commissioned first lieutenant in the first regiment of United In States veteran volunteer engineers. 1866 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Madison county, Ohio, and received the re-election two years later. In 1871 he was elected a member of the Ohio general assembly, and in 1877 was elected to the state senate. In 1892 he was elected to the fifty-third congress as a republican; and in 1894 was re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress. In 1896 he was a delegate to the republican national convention.