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Wilson D Gillette

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Preceded by
  
Political party
  
Resigned
  
August 7, 1951

Succeeded by
  
Party
  
Preceded by
  
Role
  
U.S. representative

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Wilson Gillette


Born
  
July 1, 1880Sheshequin 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.

References

Wilson D. Gillette Wikipedia


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