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Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873.
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.
May 13, 2020 · Talent agent Henry Willson represented Hollywood hunks in the 1950s. Behind the scenes, he was a notorious casting couch predator. Willson was fiercely protective of his stars' secrets — even hiring members of the mafia to help him keep the truth from getting out.
Henry Leroy Willson (July 31, 1911 – November 2, 1978) was an American Hollywood talent agent who played a large role in developing the beefcake craze of the 1950s.
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 · Henry Willson, played by Jim Parsons in Netflix's 'Hollywood,' was a real life Hollywood agent. He represented Rock Hudson, just like in Ryan Murphy's show.
Wilson introduced the first post war civil rights bill in 1865 and influenced Congress’s passage of constitutional amendments to guarantee citizenship rights to African Americans. Elected vice president in 1873, he became ill shortly after taking office and died on November 22, 1875.
Wilson joined the Republican Party in 1855, the same year the state legislature appointed him to the U.S. Senate. In Washington, D.C, he served in the Senate until he stepped down to become vice president in 1873.
During the Civil War, Wilson was chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, proving himself an effective leader in raising and supporting the massive Union army. His only child, Henry Hamilton Wilson, served as a Union officer, but died in 1866 while still serving in the army.
