T. Webber Wilson | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMississippi's6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Paul B. Johnson Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Robert S. Hall |
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| Born | Thomas Webber Wilson (1893-01-24)January 24, 1893 Coldwater, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | January 31, 1948(1948-01-31) (aged 55) Coldwater, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Resting place | Magnolia Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi |
| Profession | Politician, lawyer |
Thomas Webber Wilson (January 24, 1893 – January 31, 1948) was aU.S. Representative fromMississippi.
Born inColdwater, Mississippi, Wilson attended the public schools of his native city.He was graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Mississippi at Oxford in 1913.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law inLaurel, Mississippi.He served as prosecuting attorney of Jones County 1915-1919.He served as district attorney for the twelfth judicial district of Mississippi 1919-1923.
Wilson was elected as aDemocrat to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928 but was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination forUnited States Senator.He engaged in the private practice of law 1928-1933.He was appointed a Federal judge for the Virgin Islands and served from 1933 until 1935.He served as member of the Parole Board in the Justice Department,Washington, D.C. from 1935 to 1947.He died inColdwater, Mississippi, January 31, 1948.He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
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