Biography

09/04/1821 - 03/30/1897

Stephen Fowler Wilson (R11) McKean, Potter, Tioga and Warren Counties 1863-1864 (R13) Clinton, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties 1865

Early Life: 

Stephen Fowler Wilson, born September 4, 1821, Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; son of George and Jane Wilson; academic education; admitted, Tioga County bar, lawyer, 1845-1870; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1863-1865; delegate, Republican, National Convention, 1864; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 1865-1869; appointed, additional judge, fourth judicial district, Pennsylvania, vacancy, 1871; elected, additional judge, fourth judicial district, Pennsylvania, ten years; appointed, associate justice, supreme court, Territory of New Mexico, 1884; President Judge, fourth judicial district, Pennsylvania, 1887-1889; resumed law practice, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania; died, March 30, 1897, (age 75 years, 207 days)  Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; Interment, Wellsboro Cemetery, Tioga County, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 11th district, McKean, Potter, Tioga and Warren Counties 1863-1864, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Clinton, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, 1865.

Delegate, Republican, National Convention, June 7–8, 1864, Baltimore, Maryland, Front Street Theatre.

Appointed, additional judge of the fourth judicial district of Pennsylvania, 1871, fill a vacancy; elected additional judge, served ten years. 

President, judge of the fourth judicial district of Pennsylvania, 1887-1889. 

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives 18th congressional district, 39th and 40th Congresses, 1865-1869. 

Appointed, President Chester Alan Arthur, associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of New Mexico, October 16, 1884.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members W". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Stephen Fowler Wilson (1821-1897) - Find a Grave Memorial