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Edgar Campbell Wilson (October 18, 1800 – April 24, 1860) was a
U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
, son of Thomas Wilson and father of
Eugene McLanahan Wilson Eugene McLanahan Wilson (December 25, 1833 – April 10, 1890) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served in various legal and political offices in Minnesota including as a member of Congress and as the fifth and seventh m ...
.


Early life

Edgar C. Wilson was born in
Morgantown, Virginia Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Monongahela River. The largest city in North-Central West Virginia, Morgantown is best known as the home of West Virginia Universit ...
(now
West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
), Wilson completed preparatory studies and studied law.


Career

He was admitted to the bar June 24, 1832, and commenced practice in Morgantown. Wilson was elected as an
Anti-Jacksonian The National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans, was a political party in the United States that evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John Qu ...
to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection 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.


Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Edgar Campbell 1800 births 1860 deaths County and city Commonwealth's Attorneys in Virginia Politicians from Morgantown, West Virginia Virginia lawyers West Virginia lawyers National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers People of pre-statehood West Virginia Lawyers from Morgantown, West Virginia Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery (Morgantown, West Virginia)