Francis Henry Wilson (February 11, 1844 – September 25, 1910) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Wilson lived in

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, until ten years of age, when he moved with his parents to the Westmoreland farm. He attended the district school, Dwight's Preparatory School,

, and was graduated from

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in 1867. He taught in a preparatory school four years. He was graduated from the Columbia College Law School, New York City, in 1875. He was

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in 1882 and commenced practice in New York City. He was one of the founders of the Union League Club and its president in 1888 and 1889. Wilson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to September 30, 1897, when he resigned to become postmaster. He was appointed postmaster of

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, and served from October 1897 until December 1901. He resumed the practice of law. He died in

, September 25, 1910. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

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