Wilson, E. Willis
lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born in 1844 in Harper's Ferry, Va. In 1870 he was elected a delegate in the Virginia state legislature, and in 1872 was elected state senator. In 1874 he moved to Charleston, W. Va., and in 1876 was again elected to the lower house of the state legislature, and was elected a third time in 1880. During the latter term he was elected, and served as speaker of the house of delegates. In 1884 he was elected governor of West Virginia.