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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkFrancis Henry WILSON
(1844-1910)
WILSON, Francis Henry, a
Representative from New York; born in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y.,
February 11, 1844; lived in Utica, N.Y., until ten years of age,
when he moved with his parents to the Westmoreland farm; attended
the district school, Dwight’s Preparatory School, Clinton,
N.Y., and was graduated from Yale College in 1867; taught in a
preparatory school four years; was graduated from the Columbia
College Law School, New York City, in 1875; was admitted to the bar
in 1882 and commenced practice in New York City; one of the
founders of the Union League Club and its president in 1888 and
1889; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth
Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to September 30, 1897,
when he resigned to become postmaster; appointed postmaster of
Brooklyn, N.Y., and served from October 1897 until December 1901;
resumed the practice of law; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 25,
1910; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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