district succeeded predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name
1st philip f. thomas james b. groome charles h. gibson 24 february 1891 snow hill , maryland washington , d.c. united states senator democratic february 24 , 1891 march 3 , 1875 samuel hambleton 22 december 1821 march 4 , 1885 march 4 , 1873 wilson -rrb- . jpg , ephraim king , -lrb- 1821 - 1891 ephraim king wilson ii
 maryland maryland ephraim king wilson
ephraim king wilson ii

ephraim king wilson ii -lrb- december 22 , 1821february 24 , 1891 -rrb- the son of ephraim king wilson , was a congressional representative and a senator from maryland .
wilson born in snow hill , maryland , and attended union academy at snow hill and washington academy in princess anne , maryland .
he graduated from jefferson college in 1840 and taught school for six years .
he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848 and began a practice in snow hill .
he was a member of the state house of delegates in 1847 and presidential elector on the democratic ticket in 1852 .
because of ill health he abandoned his law practice in 1867 and retired to his farm .
in 1868 he was the examiner and treasurer of the school board of worcester county , maryland and was elected as a democrat to the forty-third congress from maryland 's 1st congressional district of maryland in 1873 .
he declined to be a candidate for re-nomination in 1874 .
he was a judge of the first judicial circuit of maryland from 1878 -- 1884 and elected as a democrat in 1884 to the united states senate serving from march 4 , 1885 until his death .
he was the grandson of american revolutionary war hero john gunby and also the adoptive father of future governor of maryland , john walter smith .
he is buried in the churchyard of makemie memorial presbyterian church in snow hill .
