John Hugh Wilson

Legislative Resolution

View Legislative Resolution File for John Hugh Wilson

Biographical Information

The following is from the Legislative death resolution:

On March 9, 1975, the Honorable John Hugh Wilson, a member of the Arizona House of Representatives in the Nineteenth Legislature, passed away in Phoenix, Arizona, at the age of sixty-seven.

Mr. Wilson, a resident of Arizona since 1932, was born in Ripley, Tennessee, on March 31, 1907.  He attended elementary school in Ripley and high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He was a contractor four years, an employee of the Arizona highway department three years and later operated a store.  He retired in 1960 after serving in the Legislature and after twelve years' service as an agent of the Arizona liquor control department.  He served in the army during World War II.

Mr. Wilson served with distinction on House standing committees, including County and County Affairs, of which he was vice-chairman, Highways and Bridges, and Labor.

Military Experience

U.S. Army, World War II veteran

Employment

Arizona Legislative Service

Sources

Birth: AZ Leg Bio – place of birth TN, Military Service: US WWII Army enlistment records, Memorial; Death: SSDI: John Wilson, Memorial