Thomas Wilson (Minnesota politician) explained

Thomas Wilson
Nationality:American
Image Name:ThomasWilson1899.jpg
Office1:Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota's 1st congressional district
Term Start1:March 4, 1887
Term End1:March 3, 1889
Predecessor1:Milo White
Successor1:Mark H. Dunnell
Office2:Chief Justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court
Party:Democrat
Term2:1865 - 1869
Nominator2:Stephen Miller
Preceded2:LaFayette Emmett
Succeeded2:James Gilfillan
Office3:Associate Justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court
Term3:1864 - 1865
Nominator3:Stephen Miller
Office4:Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Term4:1882 - 1885
Office5:Member of the Minnesota Senate
Term5:1880 - 1882
Birth Date:16 May 1827
Birth Place:Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, U.K.
Death Place:Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

Thomas Wilson (May 16, 1827  - April 3, 1910) was an American lawyer, Minnesota congressman and state legislator, associate justice and the second chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Wilson was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, U.K.; attended the common schools; immigrated to the United States in 1839 with his parents, who settled in Venango County, Pennsylvania; had graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1852; studied law; was admitted to the bar in February 1855 and commenced practice in Winona, Minnesota; member of the Minnesota Constitutional convention in 1857; judge of the third judicial district court 1857  - 1864; associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1864; chief justice from 1865 to July 1869, when he resigned; resumed the practice of law; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1880  - 1882; served in the Minnesota Senate 1882–1885; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887  - March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate for re-election; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1890; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892; general counsel for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad until his death in Saint Paul, Minnesota, April 3, 1910; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Minnesota.