James Wilson
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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.
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| Born: | September 14, 1742 |
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| Died: | August 21, 1798 |
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Signer of the Declaration of Independence JAMES
WILSON was born September 14, 1742 near St. Andrews,
Scotland. famousamericans.net/JamesWilson.org/ |
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Born in Scotland, James Wilson studied at St. Andrews, Edinburgh, and
Glasgow. www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/wilson... |
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The biography of James Wilson founding father and signer of the Declaration of Independence www.colonialhall.com/wilson/wilson.php |
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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... |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
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