- Eugene McLanahan Wilson
Eugene McLanahan Wilson (
December 25 ,1833 –April 10 ,1890 ) (son ofEdgar Campbell Wilson , grandson of Thomas Wilson ofVirginia , and great-grandson ofIsaac Griffin ), was a Representative fromMinnesota ; born in Morgantown, Monongalia County, Virginia (nowWest Virginia ),December 25 ,1833 ; attended the common schools andMorgantown Academy ; was graduated from Jefferson College,Canonsburg, PA , in 1852; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice inWinona, Minnesota ;United States attorney for the district of Minnesota with residence inMinneapolis 1857 – 1861; continued the practice of law in Minneapolis; served in theUnion Army during the Civil War as captain of Company A,First Minnesota Mounted Rangers ; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4 ,1869 –March 3 ,1871 ); was not a candidate for renomination in 1870; resumed the practice of law; elected mayor of Minneapolis in 1872 and 1874; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1876; member of theMinnesota Senate in 1878 and 1879; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1888; died while on a visit to regain his health in Nassau,New Providence Island ,British West Indies ,April 10 ,1890 ; interment inLakewood Cemetery , Minneapolis, Minnesota.References
* [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11906 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]
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