Ephraim King Wilson

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Ephraim King Wilson
Born	1771
Died	1834

Ephraim King Wilson (1771–1834) was a Congressional Representative for the State of Maryland.

Wilson was born near Snow Hill, Maryland, on September 15, 1771. Graduated from Princeton College in 1790, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1792. He opened a practice in Snow Hill and was elected from the eighth district of Maryland to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. He resumed his law practice in Snow Hill after a failed nomination to the Twenty-second Congress and continued his practice until his death in Snow Hill on January 2, 1834. He is buried in the churchyard of Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church. He was also the father of Ephraim King Wilson II and William Sydney Wilson.

References

Ephraim King Wilson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Robert N. Martin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th congressional district 1827–1831	Succeeded by John S. Spence

Persondata
Name	Wilson, Ephraim King
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1771
Place of birth
Date of death	1834
Place of death

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