Stanyarne Wilson

Stanyarne Wilson, 1896

Stanyarne Wilson (born January 10, 1860 in York , York County , South Carolina , †  February 14, 1928 in Spartanburg , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1901 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Stanyarne Wilson visited the Kings Mountain Military School and then studied at the Washington and Lee University in Lexington ( Virginia ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in his new profession in Spartanburg. He also worked as a gold miner and in iron processing. Wilson also got into cotton production. In addition to these activities, he also began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1884 and 1886 and again from 1890 to 1892 he was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . He then sat in the State Senate between 1892 and 1895 . In 1895 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the South Carolina Constitution.

In the congressional election of 1894, Wilson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of South Carolina . There he took over from George W. Shell on March 4, 1895 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1901 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 and the associated territorial gains of the United States fell. Independently of this, the former Kingdom of Hawaii came under American administration.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Stanyarne Wilson worked again as a lawyer in Spartanburg. In 1913 he moved his residence and law firm to Richmond , the capital of Virginia. In January 1928 he returned to Spartanburg, where he died on February 14 of the same year.

Web links

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

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