Emanuel Willis Wilson (August 11, 1844May 28, 1905) was the seventh governor of West Virginia, elected in

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, and serving from 1885 to 1890. When the

West Virginia Legislature The West Virginia Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of West Virginia. A bicameral legislative body, the legislature is split between the upper Senate and the lower House of Delegates. It was established under Article VI o ...

disputed the election of 1888, both Governor Wilson and State Senate President Robert S. Carr claimed the right to sit as Governor until the dispute was resolved. The

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ruled that Wilson should remain Governor. He left office on February 6, 1890, because the Legislature had decided

Aretas B. Fleming Aretas Brooks Fleming (October 15, 1839October 13, 1923) was the List of governors of West Virginia, 8th governor of West Virginia. In 1865, he married Carrie Watson Fleming, Carrie Watson."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of ...

had defeated

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After leaving the governor's office, Wilson had an unsuccessful bid for Congress. Wilson was governor during the period of the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Devil Anse Hatfield named a son, Emanuel Willis Hatfield, born on February 10, 1888, for him. He was married to Henrietta Cotton."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007. He died on May 28, 1905.

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