Francis Wilson

Education

Yale College; Yale University. Columbia Law School.

Career

He taught in a preparatory school four years. He was graduated from the Columbia College Law School, New York City, in 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in New York City.

He was one of the founders of the Union League Club and its president in 1888 and 1889.

Wilson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to September 30, 1897, when he resigned to become postmaster. He was appointed postmaster of Brooklyn, New York, and served from October 1897 until December 1901.

He resumed the practice of law. He died in Brooklyn, New York, September 25, 1910.

He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

Achievements

• He served in the Second Boer War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He served as Chief of the General Staff in Australia from 1911 to 1912 and then returned to United Kingdom to prepare for the First World War. His service in that war led to the award of the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and the Légion d'honneur.

Connections

Friend:

Julia Redington