Wilson D. Gillette

Wilson D. Gillette
Frontispiece of 1952's Wilson Darwin Gillette, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th district
In office January 3, 1945 – August 7, 1951
Preceded by	Daniel K. Hoch
Succeeded by	Joseph L. Carrigg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th district
In office November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by	Albert G. Rutherford
Succeeded by	Robert F. Rich
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1930–1941
Personal details
Born	(1880-07-01)July 1, 1880 Sheshequin Township, Pennsylvania
Died	August 7, 1951(1951-08-07) (aged 71) Towanda, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Susquehanna Collegiate Institute

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, Pennsylvania. He attended Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in Towanda, Pennsylvania. 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 from bronchial pneumonia in Towanda, Pennsylvania.^[1]

See also[]

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)

References[]

Sources[]

• United States Congress. "Wilson D. Gillette (id: G000206)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Eilson D. Gillette at The Political Graveyard
• Wilson Darwin Gillette, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1952.