Emmett Wilson
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Emmett Wilson | |
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Dannite H. Mays | |
Succeeded by | Walter Kehoe |
Personal details | |
Born | Belize City, British Honduras | September 17, 1882
Died | May 29, 1918 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. | (aged 35)
Resting place | St. John’s Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Emmett Wilson (September 17, 1882 – May 29, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a
Early life and education
He was the grandson of
Wilson moved with his parents to Chipley, Florida, where he attended the public schools and Florida State College at Tallahassee, Florida.
Career
He was employed as a railroad telegrapher and later as a stenographer and was graduated from the law department of the Stetson University at DeLand in 1904. Admitted to the bar the same year, he commenced practice in Marianna, Florida. He later moved to Pensacola, Florida, in 1906 and continued the practice of law.
Wilson was appointed assistant
He was the state’s attorney for the first judicial circuit of Florida from 1911 to 1913.
Congress
Wilson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916.
Later career and death
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Pensacola, Florida and died there in 1918.
He was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.
References
- United States Congress. "Emmett Wilson (id: W000575)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.