Thomas Wilson (politician, 1765)

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Thomas Wilson

Thomas Wilson (born September 11, 1765 in Staunton , Colony of Virginia , † January 24, 1826 in Morgantown , Virginia ) was an American politician .

Wilson studied law at Staunton and was admitted to the bar on September 21, 1789. He practiced as a lawyer in Morgantown, what is now West Virginia . From 1792 to 1795 he was a senator in the Virginia Senate . He was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800. He then sat again in the Virginia Senate from 1800 to 1804.

Wilson was elected as a federalist in the 12th Congress and represented there from March 4, 1811 to March 3, 1813 the state of Virginia in the House of Representatives of the United States . In 1816 and 1817 he was again a member of the Virginia House of Representatives. Wilson then began practicing law again. He died in Morgantown in 1826 and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery .

His son Edgar Campbell Wilson and grandson Eugene McLanahan Wilson were also MPs in the United States House of Representatives.

Web links

  • Thomas Wilson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Staunton , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1826
Place of death Morgantown , Virginia