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About J. Stitt Wilson
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Jackson Stitt Wilson (March 19, 1868 – August 28, 1942), commonly known as J. Stitt Wilson, was a leading Christian Socialist American politician during the first decades of the 20th Century. He is best remembered as the mayor of the city of Berkeley, California from 1911 to 1913.
J. Stitt Wilson was born in Canada on March 19, 1868, the son of devout Methodist parents. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1888, settling in Evanston, Illinois and attending Northwestern University, working after graduation as a schoolmaster and for a law firm.[2] Wilson later decided to enter the Methodist ministry, enrolling at the theological seminary at Northwestern. Following completion of his schooling, Wilson worked for the next four years as a Methodist pastor and social worker in nearby Chicago.[3] He later recalled that the experience of these four years were "to me a school out of which I came — a Socialist.
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J. Stitt Wilson's Timeline
| 1868 |
March 19, 1868
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Auburn, Huron County, Ontario, Canada
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| 1894 |
March 4, 1894
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Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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| 1896 |
June 12, 1896
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Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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| 1942 |
August 28, 1942
Age 74
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Berkley, Alameda County, California, United States
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