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About John Wilson
Colonel John Wilson was an American politician. He served as the Speaker of the House of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1836 to 1837. He killed fellow representative Joseph J. Anthony in 1837, being acquitted but expelled from the House. He was later reelected in 1840. Wilson died in Texas in 1865.
Everything about John Wilson →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, chairperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 16, 1787
- Died
- September 11, 1864