John Wilson | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the Pike County district | |
In office November 2, 1840 – November 7, 1842 | |
Preceded by | A. Thompson |
Succeeded by | William Bizzell |
Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
In office October 6, 1828 – October 3, 1831 October 7, 1833 – December 4, 1837 | |
Succeeded by | Grandison Royston |
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the Clark County district | |
In office October 3, 1831 – December 4, 1837 | |
Succeeded by | A.H. Rutherford |
Delegate to 1836 Arkansas Constitutional Convention | |
In office January 4, 1836 – January 30, 1836 | |
Constituency | Clark County |
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the Hempstead County district | |
In office October 6, 1823 – October 3, 1831 | |
Personal details | |
Died | 1865 Texas |
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Colonel John Wilson (died 1865) 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.