district succeeded death_place death_date term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name restingplace alma_mater
ohio 8 8th william stanbery newark , ohio 6 june 1827 june 6 , 1827 new district 19 march 1773 march 4 , 1823 william wilson -lrb- ohio politician -rrb-
 ohio william wilson cedar hill cemetery dartmouth college
william wilson -lrb- ohio politician -rrb-

william wilson -lrb- march 19 , 1773 -- june 6 , 1827 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in new boston , new hampshire , wilson attended the public schools and was graduated from dartmouth college , hanover , new hampshire , in 1797 .
he studied law in johnstown , new york , and was admitted to the bar .
he moved to ohio and settled in chillicothe about 1805 .
he engaged in the practice of law there before moving to newark , ohio in 1808 , having been appointed chief judge of the court of common pleas , and served until 1823 .
wilson was elected to the 18th , 19th , and 20th congresses , serving from march 4 , 1823 , until his death in newark , ohio on june 6 , 1827 .
he served as chairman of the committee on expenditures in the post office department in the 19th congress .
wilson was interred in the old cemetery and was re-interred on march 23 , 1853 , in cedar hill cemetery .
