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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam Edward WILSON
(1870-1948)
WILSON, William Edward, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Mount Vernon, Posey County,
Ind., March 9, 1870; attended the public schools and the Evansville
Commercial College, with which he was associated as teacher,
principal, and owner from 1888 to 1904; retired from school work
and engaged in the insurance business at Evansville, Ind.; deputy
auditor of Vanderburg County, Ind., 1910-1912; clerk of the circuit
court of Vanderburg County 1912-1920; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923-March 3,
1925); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the
Sixty-ninth Congress; engaged in banking and was later employed by
the Chrysler Corp.; died in Evansville, Ind., September 29, 1948;
interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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