what state did woodrow wilson represent?
New Jersey
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 Having left the Whig Party , Wilson worked to build coalitions with others opposed to slavery , including Free Soilers , anti @-@ slavery Democrats , Barnburners from New York 's Democratic Party , the Liberty Party , the anti @-@ slavery elements of the Whig Party , and anti @-@ slavery members of the Know Nothing or Native American Party . Although Wilson 's new political coalition was castigated by " straight party " adherents of the mainstream Democratic and Whig parties , in April 1851 it elected Free Soil candidate Charles Sumner to the U.S. Senate . 

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 Wilson became active politically as a Whig , and campaigned for William Henry Harrison in 1840 . He had joined the Whigs out of disappointment with the fiscal policies of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren , and like most Whigs blamed Democrats Jackson and Van Buren for the Panic of 1837 . In 1840 he was also elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives , and served from 1841 to 1842 . 

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 James Wilson , Beard notes , " developed a lucrative practice at Carlisle " before becoming " one of the directors of the Bank of North America on its incorporation in 1781 " . A member of the Georgia Land Company , Wilson " held shares to the amount of at least one million acres " . John Blair was " one of the most respectable men in Virginia , both on account of his Family as well as fortune " . Another source notes that Blair " was a member of a prominent Virginia family . His father served on the Virginia Council and was for a time acting Royal governor . His granduncle , James Blair , was founder and first president of the College of William and Mary . " John Rutledge was elected Governor of South Carolina at a time when the Constitution of that state set , as a qualification for the office , ownership of " a settled plantation or freehold ... of the value of at least ten thousand pounds currency , clear of debt " . Oliver Ellsworth " rose rapidly to wealth and power in the bar of his native state " with " earnings ... unrivalled in his own day and unexampled in the history of the colony " , developing " a fortune which for the times and the country was quite uncommonly large " . Bushrod Washington was the nephew of George Washington , who was at the time of the younger Washington 's appointment the immediate past President of the United States and one of the wealthiest men in the country . 

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 U.S. Senator George F. Hoar , a Massachusetts political contemporary , said Wilson was a " skilful , adroit , and practiced and constant political manager " and " the most skilled political organizer in the country " during his career . 

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 The city has been home to a variety of notable people ranging from politicians to athletes and authors . Famous politicians to call Wilsonville home include former governor George Law Curry , Congresswoman Edith Green , federal judge James M. Burns , and former mayor and state representative Jerry Krummel . Athletes of note have included football player Derek Devine , professional golfer Brian Henninger , and baseball player and manager Del Baker . Those prominent in the legal field are Gordon Sloan , and R. William Riggs . Others include children 's author Walt Morey , ferryman Alphonso Boone , businessman Tom Bruggere , and baseball coach Mel Krause , and actor Frank Cady . 
