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May 6, 2020 · Talent agent Henry Willson (Jim Parsons) is one of the real-life figures featured in Netflix's Hollywood. Willson and his client, Rock Hudson, had a complicated relationship. Hollywood tells much of Willson's story—but not all. Here's who Willson was, and what happened to him.
Henry Wilson: A Featured Biography. Henry Wilson’s opposition to slavery drove him to enter politics. “Freedom and slavery are now arrayed against each other,” he declared in 1844. “We must destroy slavery, or it will destroy liberty.”. In 1855 the Massachusetts legislature elected Wilson to the Senate where he joined the new ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Henry Wilson (born Feb. 16, 1812, Farmington, N.H., U.S.—died Nov. 22, 1875, Washington, D.C.) was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) in the Republican administration of President Ulysses S. Grant and a national leader in the antislavery movement.
Henry Wilson was an American general, senator, and later vice president who played a key role in the political lead up to the Civil War, handling military affairs during the war, and fighting for civil rights for all Americans during Reconstruction.
May 1, 2020 · Netflix. Jim Parsons as Henry Willson in Netflix's Hollywood. Henry Willson, played by Jim Parsons in Netflix's 'Hollywood,' was a real life Hollywood agent. He represented Rock Hudson,...
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Jun 16, 2017 · In1837 Wilson was an unsuccessful candidate for the General Court of Massachusetts. 1 About this time his life changed. His friend, Erasmus Moore, organized a debating society in 1839. In the spring of 1840, Wilson had his first public politic debate on national issues.
Henry Wilson was born on February 16, 1812, in Farmington, New Hampshire. He was born Jeremiah Jones Colbath, but legally changed his name when he was twenty-one years old. Wilson grew up very poor, and when he was ten years old, his father hired him out as an apprentice to a local farmer.
