Edgar Wilson (politician)

Edgar Wilson

Edgar Wilson (born February 25, 1861 in Armstrong County , Pennsylvania , † January 3, 1915 in Boise , Idaho ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1897 and between 1899 and 1901 he represented the state of Idaho in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Edgar Wilson was born not far from Pittsburgh . He attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1884 at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor law. In the same year he moved to the Idaho Territory , where he settled in Boise and practiced as a lawyer. In 1887 he became the city's legal representative and, in 1888, district attorney.

Political career

Edgar Wilson became a member of the Republican Party . In 1890 he was a member of the Idaho Constituent Assembly. In the congressional elections of 1894 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced Willis Sweet on March 4, 1895 . By March 3, 1897, he completed a term in Congress . In 1896 he did not run again because he had been nominated for a judge's post on the Supreme Court of his state. However, he was not appointed to this office after all. Therefore, he ran again in the elections of 1898 for Congress and, after his election victory on March 4, 1899, succeeded James Gunn , who had become his successor two years earlier. In the heatedly debated question of whether the currency should be backed by gold or silver , Wilson was a supporter of the group that advocated the silver variant.

After the end of his tenure in Congress on March 3, 1901, Edgar Wilson withdrew from politics. He returned to work as a lawyer in Boise, where he died in 1915.

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SURNAME	Wilson, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Armstrong County , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	January 3, 1915
Place of death	Boise , Idaho