Emanuel Willis Wilson (August 11, 1844May 28, 1905) was the
seventh governor of West Virginia, elected in
1884, and serving from 1885 to 1890.
When the
West Virginia Legislature disputed the
election of 1888, both Governor Wilson and State Senate President Robert S. Carr claimed the right to sit as Governor until the dispute was resolved. The
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ruled that Wilson should remain Governor. He left office on February 6, 1890, because the Legislature had decided
Aretas B. Fleming had defeated
Nathan Goff, Jr. After leaving the governor's office, Wilson had an unsuccessful bid for Congress.
Wilson was governor during the period of the
Hatfield-McCoy feud. Devil Anse Hatfield named a son, Emanuel Willis Hatfield, born on February 10, 1888, for him.
He was married to
Henrietta Cotton.
["West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.] He died on May 28, 1905.
See also
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List of governors of West Virginia
The governor of West Virginia is the head of government of West VirginiaWV Constitution article VII, § 5. and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state, state's West Virginia National Guard, military forces.WV Constitution article VII, § 12. Th ...
References
West Virginia Archives & History
External links
1844 births
1905 deaths
Burials at Spring Hill Cemetery (Charleston, West Virginia)
Democratic Party governors of West Virginia
People from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Democratic Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates
19th-century American politicians
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