Thomas Wilson (Minnesota)

Thomas Wilson (Minnesota)

Thomas Wilson (May 16, 1827 – April 3, 1910) was a Representative from Minnesota.

He was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland; attended the common schools; immigrated to the United States in 1839 with his parents, who settled in Venango County, Pennsylvania; was 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 1864 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 reelection; 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 St. Paul, Minnesota, April 3, 1910; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Minnesota.

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