James Wilson (September 14, 1742 - August 21, 1798), was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, twice elected to the Continental Congress, a major force in the drafting of the nation's Constitution, a leading legal theoretician and one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the United States Supreme Court in 1789. Wikipedia
James Wilson was one of two signers of the United States Constitution who were faculty members at the College of Philadelphia (forerunner to the University of Pennsylvania). www.law.upenn.edu/sesquicentennial/scrolling/part1b.html
Wilson was one of the most important authors of the United States Constitution and an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. www.law.upenn.edu/about/history/photogallery/Insidegaller...
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If you would like to edit this site please submit edits and biographies in text form . James Wilson Signer of the Declaration of Independence JAMES WILSON was born September 14, 1742 near St. Andrews, Scotland. famousamericans.net/JamesWilson.org/
James Wilson was born in Scotland in 1742. He attended a surprising number of Universities there, and never attained a degree. He emigrated to America in 1766, carrying a number of valuable letters of Introduction with him. Through these connections he www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/wilson.htm
James Wilson, Founding Father, 1742-1798 . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1956. bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000591
