Thomas Stokeley Wilson (October 13, 1813 – May 16, 1894) was a judge and attorney from
Iowa
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. Born in
Steubenville, Ohio
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, he graduated from Jefferson College (now
Washington & Jefferson College
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) in 1833. He served in the
Iowa House of Representatives
The Iowa House of Representatives is the lower house of the Iowa General Assembly, the upper house being the Iowa Senate. There are 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing 100 single-member districts across the state, formed ...
1866 and 1868 as a
Democrat
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.
He was a Judge of the
Supreme Court of Iowa Territory 1838-1839 and Judge of the
Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices.
The Court holds its regular sessions in Des Moines in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building located at 1111 ...
from December 28, 1846, to October 31, 1847, appointed from
Dubuque County, Iowa, and Iowa District Court judge 1852–1863. He died in
Dubuque, Iowa
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1813 births
1894 deaths
19th-century American politicians
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