article_title birth_date death_date
ephraim king wilson
 1771 1834
ephraim king wilson

ephraim king wilson -lrb- september 15 , 1771 -- january 2 , 1834 -rrb- was a congressional representative for the state of maryland .
wilson was born near snow hill , maryland , on september 15 , 1771 .
graduated from princeton college in 1790 , studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1792 .
he opened a practice in snow hill and was elected from the eighth district of maryland to the twentieth congress and reelected as a jacksonian to the twenty-first congress .
he resumed his law practice in snow hill after a failed nomination to the twenty-second congress and continued his practice until his death in snow hill on january 2 , 1834 .
he is buried in the churchyard of makemie memorial presbyterian church .
he was also the father of ephraim king wilson ii and william sydney wilson .
