Thomas Wilson (politician, 1765)
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)
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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 |