제임스 윌슨 (1742년)

소개

제임스 윌슨(James Wilson; 1742년 9월 14일 - 1798년 8월 21일)은 미국의 법조인, 정치가로, 독립선언서의 서명자이다. 펜실베이니아주의 대표로 미국의 헌법의 기초문서의 작성자이다. 조지 워싱턴에 의해 미국의 대법원장에 최초로 임명된 6명 중의 한명이다.

James Wilson was a Scottish American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. In 1787 he was a major participant in drafting the U.S. Constitution, and became one of only six people to sign both documents. A leading legal theorist, he was one of the first four Associate Justices appointed to the Supreme Court by George Washington.