Preceded by Daniel K. Hoch Political party Republican Resigned August 7, 1951 Succeeded by Robert F. Rich Party Republican Party | Preceded by Albert G. Rutherford Role U.S. representative Succeeded by Joseph L. Carrigg Name Wilson Gillette | |
Born July 1, 1880
Sheshequin Township, Pennsylvania ( 1880-07-01 ) Alma mater Susquehanna Collegiate Institute Died August 7, 1951, Towanda, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Wilson Darwin Gillette (July 1, 1880 – August 7, 1951) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 until his death in Towanda, Pennsylvania in 1951.
Biography
He was born on a farm near Sheshequin, PA. He attended Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in Towanda, PA. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits, clerked in a general store and became a dealer of automobiles in 1913. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1930 to 1941.
Gillette was elected as a Republican to the 77th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Albert G. Rutherford, and was reelected to the Seventy-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1941, until his death in Towanda, Pennsylvania.