Frank Eugene Wilson (December 22, 1857 – July 12, 1935) was a

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Biography

Born in

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, Wilson attended the public schools and the Poughkeepsie Military Academy. He was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College,

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, in 1882. Practiced medicine in Pleasant Valley, New York, until April 1888. He moved to

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, New York, in 1888 and continued the practice of medicine. Senior physician, a director, and member of the board of governors of the Bushwick Hospital and visiting physician to the Swedish Hospital, both of Brooklyn.

Tenure in Congress

Wilson was elected as a

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to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1905). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1900. Wilson was elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of medicine in

, New York, until his death there July 12, 1935. His remains were cremated and the ashes deposited in Roxbury Cemetery,

References

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