Thomas Webber Wilson (January 24, 1893 – January 31, 1948) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Wilson attended the public schools of his native city. He was graduated from the law department of the

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in 1913. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in

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. He served as prosecuting attorney of Jones County 1915-1919. He served as district attorney for the twelfth judicial district of Mississippi 1919-1923. Wilson was elected as a

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to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928 but was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for

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. He engaged in the private practice of law 1928-1933. He was appointed a Federal judge for the Virgin Islands and served from 1933 until 1935. He served as member of the Parole Board in the Justice Department,

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from 1935 to 1947. He died in

, January 31, 1948. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, T. Webber 1893 births 1948 deaths University of Mississippi School of Law alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi United States Virgin Islands judges 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American judges