March 21, 1921, when he resigned. In December 1916, Wilson addressed a conference on social insurance in which he discussed State developments in that field, such as the provision of mothers' pensions and workmen's compensation, and also spoke of the possibility of the United States introducing old-age pensions and universal health insurance. Later years and death Wilson was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1926 against Republican William Scott Vare. After his public service he was engaged in mining and agricultural pursuits near Blossburg, Pennsylvania. He died on board a train near Savannah, Georgia on May 25, 1934. He was buried in Arbon Cemetery in Blossburg. Legacy In 2007, Wilson was named to the U.S. Department of Labor's Labor Hall of Fame. It is located inside the North Plaza of the headquarters at the Frances Perkins Building on 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. See also List of foreign-born United States Cabinet members Footnotes External links "William Bauchop Wilson: First U.S. Secretary of Labor," www.blossburg.org Retrieved March 6, 2010. "William B. Wilson (1862–1934): Labor Hall of Fame Honoree (2007)," U.S. Department of Labor biography. Retrieved March 6, 2010. The William Bauchop Wilson Papers, including political letters, official correspondence, files from his tenure with the Department of Labor and many other materials, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. |- |- |- 1862 births 1934 deaths 20th-century American politicians American Presbyterians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania People from Blantyre, South Lanarkshire People from Tioga County, Pennsylvania Scottish emigrants to the United States United Mine Workers people United States Secretaries of Labor Woodrow Wilson administration cabinet members