Emmett Wilson

Emmett Wilson

Emmett Wilson (born September 17, 1882 in Belize , British Honduras , †  May 29, 1918 in Pensacola , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1917 he represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

As a child, Wilson moved with his parents to Chipley , Florida, where he attended public schools. He then studied at Florida State College in Tallahassee . After completing his studies, he was employed by the railroad in the telegraph service. He later worked as a stenographer. After a subsequent law degree at Stetson University in DeLand and his admission as a lawyer in 1904, he began to work in Marianna in his new profession. In 1906 he moved his residence and his office to Pensacola. Between 1907 and 1909 he was first deputy and then chief responsible federal attorney for the northern district of Florida; from 1911 to 1913 he served as a prosecutor in the first judicial district of Florida.

Politically, Wilson was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1912 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Florida , where he succeeded Dannite H. Mays on March 4, 1913 . After a re-election in 1915, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1917 . During this time the 16th and 17th amendments to the constitution were passed there.

In 1916, Emmett Wilson was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to work as a lawyer in Pensacola. He died there on May 29, 1918.

Web links

• Emmett Wilson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Emmett Wilson in the database of Find a Grave (English)