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Emmett Wilson | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Dannite H. Mays |
| Succeeded by | Walter Kehoe |
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| Born | (1882-09-17)September 17, 1882 |
| Died | May 29, 1918(1918-05-29) (aged 35) Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |
| Resting place | St. John’s Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
Emmett Wilson (September 17, 1882 – May 29, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as aUnited States representative fromFlorida from 1913 to 1917.
He was the grandson ofAugustus Emmett Maxwell. Wilson was born during the temporary residence of his parents atBelize City,British Honduras.
Wilson moved with his parents toChipley, Florida, where he attended the public schools andFlorida State College atTallahassee, Florida.
He was employed as a railroad telegrapher and later as a stenographer and was graduated from the law department of theStetson University at DeLand in 1904. Admitted to the bar the same year, he commenced practice inMarianna, Florida. He later moved toPensacola, Florida, in 1906 and continued the practice of law.
Wilson was appointed assistantUnited States attorney for the northern district of Florida February 1, 1907, and United States attorney for the same district October 7, 1907. He held the position until March 1909.
He was the state’s attorney for the first judicial circuit of Florida from 1911 to 1913.
Wilson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916.
After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Pensacola, Florida and died there in 1918.
He was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's 3rd congressional district 1913–1917 | Succeeded by |
