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69th Congress Pictorial Directory, Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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WILSON, Riley Joseph, a Representative from Louisiana; born near Goldonna, Winn Parish,
La., November 12, 1871; attended the public schools and Beeson College,
Arcadia, La.; was graduated from Iuka (Miss.) Normal Institute in 1894;
principal of Harrisonburg High School 1895-1897; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Harrisonburg, La.; member of the
State constitutional convention in 1898; edited the Catahoula News 1898-1904;
member of the State house of representatives 1900-1904; district attorney of
the eighth judicial district from December 1, 1904, until his resignation on
May 1, 1910, to accept a judicial appointment; judge of the eighth judicial
district from May 1, 1910, until his resignation on December 1, 1914, having
been elected to Congress; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in
1920; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1937); chairman, Committee on Elections
No. 1 (Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on Flood Control (Seventy-second
through Seventy-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1936; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1928; retired from public and
political activities; died in Ruston, La., February 23, 1946; interment in
Greenwood Cemetery.
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