Edgar Campbell Wilson (October 18, 1800 – April 24, 1860) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Virginia
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, son of
Thomas Wilson and father of
Eugene McLanahan Wilson.
Early life
Edgar C. Wilson was born in
Morgantown, Virginia (now
West Virginia
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). Wilson completed preparatory studies and studied law.
Career
He was
admitted to the bar
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June 24, 1832, and commenced practice in Morgantown.
Wilson was elected as an
Anti-Jacksonian
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to the
Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835). After he was unsuccessful in his reelection bid in 1834 to the
Twenty-fourth Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Morgantown. He was appointed prosecuting attorney in the circuit court of
Marion County in 1842.
Death
He died in Morgantown on April 24, 1860. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown.
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1800 births
1860 deaths
County and city commonwealth's attorneys in Virginia
Politicians from Morgantown, West Virginia
Virginia lawyers
National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
19th-century American lawyers
Lawyers from Morgantown, West Virginia
Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery (Morgantown, West Virginia)
19th-century Virginia politicians
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives