Thomas Wilson (Virginia politician) explained

Thomas Wilson
Birth Date:11 September 1765
Birth Place:Staunton, Virginia Colony, British America
Death Place:Morgantown, Virginia, U.S.
Resting Place:Oak Grove Cemetery
Morgantown, Virginia, U.S.
Party:Federalist
State:Virginia
District:1st
Term Start:March 4, 1811
Term End:March 3, 1813
Predecessor:William McKinley
Successor:John G. Jackson
Office2:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Monongalia County
Term2:1816
Alongside Ralph Berkshire
Term3:1799
Alongside John Evans
Office4:Member of the Virginia Senate from Monongalia, Ohio, Harrison, Wood, Brooke and Randolph Counties
Term4:1800–1803
Predecessor4:John Haymond
Successor4:Philip Doddridge
Office5:Member of the Virginia Senate from Monongalia, Ohio, Randolph and Harrison Counties
Term5:1792–1795
Predecessor5:John Duval
Successor5:John Haymond
Battles:War of 1812
Profession:lawyer
Children:Edgar Campbell Wilson

Thomas Wilson (September 11, 1765January 24, 1826) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Edgar Campbell Wilson and grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson.

Early life

Wilson was born in Staunton in the Colony of Virginia, and studied law there.

Career

He was admitted to the bar on September 21, 1789, and commenced practice in Morgantown, Virginia (now West Virginia). He served as member of the Virginia Senate from 1792 to 1795 and in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1799 and 1800. He was again a member of the Virginia Senate 1800–1804.

Wilson was elected as a Federalist to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811  - March 3, 1813) defeating Democratic-Republican William McKinley. He was again a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1816 and 1817, after which he resumed the practice of law.

Death

He died in Morgantown, Virginia (now West Virginia) on January 24, 1826, and was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown.