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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaRiley Joseph WILSON
(1871-1946)
WILSON, Riley Joseph, a
Representative from Louisiana; born near Goldonna, Winn Parish,
La., November 12, 1871; attended the public schools and Beeson
College, Arcadia, La.; was graduated from Iuka (Miss.) Normal
Institute in 1894; principal of Harrisonburg High School 1895-1897;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice
in Harrisonburg, La.; member of the State constitutional convention
in 1898; edited the Catahoula News 1898-1904; member of the State
house of representatives 1900-1904; district attorney of the eighth
judicial district from December 1, 1904, until his resignation on
May 1, 1910, to accept a judicial appointment; judge of the eighth
judicial district from May 1, 1910, until his resignation on
December 1, 1914, having been elected to Congress; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1920; elected as a Democrat to
the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1915-January 3, 1937); chairman, Committee on Elections No. 1
(Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on Flood Control (Seventy-second
through Seventy-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1936; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1928;
retired from public and political activities; died in Ruston, La.,
February 23, 1946; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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