Thomas Wilson (Minnesota politician)

{{Short description|American judge}}

{{other people||Thomas Wilson (disambiguation)}}

{{One source|date=July 2024}}

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{{ Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name= Thomas Wilson

| nationality=American

| image name = ThomasWilson1899.jpg

| office1 = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota's 1st congressional district

| term_start1 = March 4, 1887

| term_end1 = March 3, 1889

| predecessor1 = Milo White

| successor1 = Mark H. Dunnell

| office2=Chief Justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court

| party=Democrat

| term2= 1865–1869

| nominator2=Stephen Miller

| preceded2=LaFayette Emmett

| succeeded2=James Gilfillan

| office3=Associate Justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court

| term3= 1864–1865

| nominator3=Stephen Miller

| office4=Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives

| term4=1882–1885

| office5=Member of the Minnesota Senate

| term5=1880–1882

| birth_date= {{birth date|1827|5|16}}

| birth_place= Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, U.K.

| death_date= {{death date and age|1910|4|3|1827|5|16}}

| death_place= Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

| spouse=

}}

Thomas Wilson (May 16, 1827 – April 3, 1910) was an American lawyer, Minnesota congressman and state legislator, associate justice and the second chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Wilson was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, U.K.; attended the common schools; immigrated to the United States in 1839 with his parents, who settled in Venango County, Pennsylvania; had graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1852; studied law; was admitted to the bar in February 1855 and commenced practice in Winona, Minnesota; member of the Minnesota Constitutional convention in 1857; judge of the third judicial district court 1857 – 1864; associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1864; chief justice from 1865 to July 1869, when he resigned; resumed the practice of law; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1880 – 1882; served in the Minnesota Senate 1882–1885; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate for re-election; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1890; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892; general counsel for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad until his death in Saint Paul, Minnesota, April 3, 1910; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Minnesota.

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