Wilson, William Line

William Wilson was born in Charles Town , Virginia . He graduated from the City Academy, and in 1860 George Washington University . With the outbreak of the Civil War in the United States , he enlisted in the army of the United States Army , where he was assigned to the 10th cavalry regiment of Virginia. After the war, he taught for some time at George Washington University, until in 1869 he joined the bar. From the same year he began practice in Charles Town.

At the 1880 National Democratic Convention, Wilson was a delegate. There he was elected president of the University of West Virginia. September 4, 1882 resigned as he ran for the US House of Representatives . He was elected, and on March 4, 1883 took the chair. In 1893-1895 he was chairman of the Committee for Railways and Communications. In this position, he made some adjustments to the McKinley Tariff .

On April 3, 1895, he took up the post of General Postmaster in the office of Grover Cleveland . In the presidential election of 1896, he simultaneously supported both William Bryan and John Palmer . March 4, 1897 resigned.

After leaving office he was elected President of the University of Washington and Lee.

On October 17, 1900, William Line Wilson died in Lexington. A section of the 340th motorway between Harpers Ferry and Charlestown is named after him.