Thomas Wilson (1772 – October 4, 1824) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Thomas Wilson was born nearSunbury, Pennsylvania. He had the contract for supplying the western forts of the United States fromNiagara to New Orleans. He was engaged in shipbuilding inErie, Pennsylvania, in 1805 and built vessels for commerce on theGreat Lakes. He wasburgess of Erie in 1807, town clerk in 1808, treasurer ofErie County from 1809 to 1812, and county commissioner in 1811. He was also a justice of the peace.
Wilson was elected as a Republican to theThirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused when the representative-electAbner Lacock resigned before taking his seat. He was reelected to theFourteenth Congress. He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from 1817 to 1820. He wasprothonotary and clerk of court of Erie County from 1819 to 1824. He died in Erie in 1824.
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