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McDILL, James Wilson, Representative and Senator from Iowa; born in Monroe, Ohio, Mar 4, 1834; attended Hanover College, Salem Academy; graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Oh, in 1853; studied law in Columbus, Oh, admitted to the bar in 1856; moved to Afton, Iowa, and commenced practice; elected superintendent of Union County, Iowa, in 1859; county judge of Union County in 1860; clerk in the office of the 3rd Auditor of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1862-1865, resigned and returned to Iowa; circuit judge, then district judge; elected as a Republican to the 43rd & 44th Congresses (Mar 4, 1873-Mar 3, 1877); declined renomination in 1876; resumed practice of law in Afton, Iowa; member of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa 1878-1881, 1883-1885; appointed and subsequently elected as a Republican to the US SENATE and served from Mar 8, 1881, until Mar 3, 1883; appointed by President Benjamin Harrison to the Interstate Commerce Commission, etc.