Emanuel Willis Wilson

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{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Emanuel Willis Wilson

|image = GovernorWilson.gif

|caption =

|order = 7th

|office = Governor of West Virginia

|term_start = March 4, 1885

|term_end = February 6, 1890

|predecessor = Jacob B. Jackson

|successor = Aretas B. Fleming

|birth_date = {{birth date|1844|8|11|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Harpers Ferry, Virginia, U.S.
(now West Virginia)

|death_date = {{death date and age|1905|5|28|1844|8|11|mf=y}}

|death_place = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Henrietta Cotton Wilson

|occupation = Politician

}}

Emanuel Willis Wilson (August 11, 1844{{spaced ndash}}May 28, 1905) was the seventh governor of West Virginia, serving from 1885 to 1890.

When the West Virginia Legislature disputed the election of 1888, both Governor Wilson and State Senate President Robert S. Carr claimed the right to sit as Governor until the dispute was resolved. The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ruled that Wilson should remain Governor. He left office on February 6, 1890, because the legislature had decided Aretas B. Fleming had defeated Nathan Goff, Jr. After leaving the governor's office, Wilson had an unsuccessful bid for Congress.{{cite web |url=http://www.wvculture.org/History/ewwilson.html |title=Emanuel Willis Wilson |access-date=2013-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223420/http://www.wvculture.org/history/ewwilson.html |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}

Wilson was governor during the period of the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Devil Anse Hatfield named a son, Emanuel Willis Hatfield, born on February 10, 1888, for him.

He was married to Henrietta Cotton."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007. He died on May 28, 1905.