George A. Wilson

George A. Wilson


United States Senator from Iowa
In office January 14, 1943 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	Clyde L. Herring
Succeeded by	Guy Gillette
28th Governor of Iowa
In office January 12, 1939 – January 14, 1943
Lieutenant	Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Preceded by	Nelson G. Kraschel
Succeeded by	Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 30th district
In office January 10, 1927 – December 20, 1936
Preceded by	William J. Goodwin
Succeeded by	James J. Gillespie

Personal details
Born	George Allison Wilson (1884-04-01)April 1, 1884 Menlo, Iowa, U.S.
Died	September 8, 1953(1953-09-08) (aged 69) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Nellie Fay (divorced) Mildred Zehner (m. 1921)^[1]
Children	5^[1]
Education	Grinnell College University of Iowa (LLB)

George Allison Wilson (April 1, 1884 – September 8, 1953) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a United States Senator and 28th Governor of Iowa.

Personal background

Born on a farm near Menlo, Iowa, Wilson attended rural schools, and Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. He graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa City in 1907, and was admitted to the bar the same year. He then commenced practice in Des Moines. He was assistant county attorney of Polk County, Iowa from 1912 to 1914 and the Polk County Attorney from 1915 to 1916. He was a district judge from 1917 to 1921 and was a member of the Iowa Senate from 1927 to 1936.

Iowa Governor and U.S. Senator

In 1936, Iowa's governor, Democrat Clyde Herring, ran for the U.S. Senate instead of running for re-election. Wilson won the Republican nomination to succeed him as governor, but was defeated by Democrat Nelson G. Kraschel in the general election by fewer than 3,000 votes out of over one million cast.^[2]

In 1938, Wilson again ran against Kraschel, with the opposite result. Wilson received 52.7 percent of the vote.^[2] Wilson was then re-elected as governor in 1940, winning again by 52.7 percent in the general election over Democrat John Valentine after overcoming a surprisingly strong challenge in the Republican primary from future Congressman H.R. Gross.^[3]

Instead of running for a third term in 1942, Wilson decided to challenge Senator Clyde L. Herring, and defeated him. He served in the Senate from January 14, 1943, to January 3, 1949. His Senate committees included the Committee on Small Business and the Armed Services Committee.^[4]

In 1948, former U.S. Senator Guy M. Gillette, unseated in his own bid for re-election in 1944, ran against Wilson in the general election. Wilson was expected to win.^[5] However, in a year in which President Harry S. Truman and many other Democrats surprised pundits, Gillette defeated Wilson by a vote of 578,226 (58%) to 415,778 (42%).^[6]

After the Senate

After leaving the Senate in early 1949, Wilson returned to the practice of law.

Wilson died in Des Moines in 1953.

References

^ ^a ^b Senator George Allison Wilson
^ ^a ^b Iowa Gubernatorial Elections, 1846-2006, at 5.
^ "Gross Back in Political Race," Iowa City Press-Citizen, 1948-04-02 at 4.
^ Advertisement, Mt. Pleasant News, 1948-11-01 at 5.
^ "Dewey Secure; Wilson Faces a Close Race," Council Bluffs Nonpareil, 1948-11-01 at 1, 4.
^ "Guy Gillette Easy Winner Over Wilson," Council Bluffs Nonpareil, 1948-11-04 at 1.

United States Congress. "George A. Wilson (id: W000581)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Party political offices
Preceded by Dan W. Turner	Republican nominee Governor of Iowa 1936, 1938, 1940	Succeeded by Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Preceded by Lester J. Dickinson	Republican nominee for United States Senator from Iowa (Class 2) 1942, 1948	Succeeded by Thomas E. Martin
Political offices
Preceded by Nelson G. Kraschel	Governor of Iowa 1939–1943	Succeeded by Bourke B. Hickenlooper
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Clyde L. Herring	U.S. senator (Class 2) from Iowa 1943–1949 Served alongside: Guy Mark Gillette, Bourke Hickenlooper	Succeeded by Guy Mark Gillette

v t e Governors of Iowa
Territorial (1838–1846)	Conway (Acting) Lucas Chambers Clarke	Iowa portal
State (since 1846)	Briggs Hempstead Grimes Lowe Kirkwood Stone Merrill Carpenter Kirkwood Newbold Gear Sherman Larrabee Boies Jackson Drake Shaw Cummins Garst Carroll Clarke Harding Kendall Hammill Turner Herring Kraschel Wilson Hickenlooper Blue Beardsley Elthon Hoegh Loveless Erbe Hughes Fulton Ray Branstad Vilsack Culver Branstad Reynolds	Iowa portal

v t e United States senators from Iowa
Class 2	Jones Grimes Howell Wright Kirkwood McDill J. Wilson Gear Dolliver Young Kenyon Rawson Brookhart Steck Dickinson Herring G. Wilson Gillette Martin Miller Clark Jepsen Harkin Ernst
Class 3	Dodge Harlan Kirkwood Harlan Allison Cummins Stewart Brookhart Murphy Gillette Hickenlooper Hughes Culver Grassley

Iowa's delegation(s) to the 78th–80th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

78th	Senate: ▌G. Gillette (D) ▌G. Wilson (R)	House: ▌F. Gilchrist (R) ▌J. Gwynne (R) ▌B. Jensen (R) ▌K. LeCompte (R) ▌T. Martin (R) ▌H. Talle (R) ▌P. Cunningham (R) ▌C. Hoeven (R)
79th	Senate: ▌G. Wilson (R) ▌B. Hickenlooper (R)	House: ▌J. Gwynne (R) ▌B. Jensen (R) ▌K. LeCompte (R) ▌T. Martin (R) ▌H. Talle (R) ▌P. Cunningham (R) ▌C. Hoeven (R) ▌J. Dolliver (R)
80th	Senate: ▌G. Wilson (R) ▌B. Hickenlooper (R)	House: ▌J. Gwynne (R) ▌B. Jensen (R) ▌K. LeCompte (R) ▌T. Martin (R) ▌H. Talle (R) ▌P. Cunningham (R) ▌C. Hoeven (R) ▌J. Dolliver (R)

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