{{short description|American politician}} {{For|other people with the same name|Stephen Wilson (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Stephen Fowler Wilson | image = Hon. Stephen F. Wilson, Pa - NARA - 527631.jpg | caption = | state = Pennsylvania | district = 18th | term_start = March 4, 1865 | term_end = March 3, 1869 | preceded = James T. Hale | succeeded = William Hepburn Armstrong | state_senate2 = Pennsylvania | district2 = 1st | term_start2 = 1863 | term_end2 = 1865 | preceded2 = Jacob Elwood Ridgway | succeeded2 = William McCandless | birth_date = {{birth date|1821|09|4}} | birth_place = Columbia Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1897|03|30|1821|09|04}} | death_place = Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. | party = Republican | alma_mater = }}
'''Stephen Fowler Wilson''' (September 4, 1821 – March 30, 1897) was an American lawyer, politician and judge from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district from 1865 to 1869. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1863 to 1865.
==Early life and education== Wilson was born in Columbia Township, Pennsylvania the youngest of seven children born to George and Jane Wilson.<ref>{{cite web |title=1883 History of Tioga County Pennsylvania |url=http://www.joycetice.com/1883/1883c10.htm |website=www.joycetice.com |accessdate=12 January 2019}}</ref> He studied law under the Honorable James Lowrey and in 1845 was admitted to the Tioga County bar. He practiced law for almost 25 years. He was originally a Democrat but switched to a Republican when that party was founded.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania |date=1903 |publisher=H.C. Cooper Jr., Bro. & Co. |location=Chicago |page=[https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury01chic/page/434 434] |url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury01chic |quote=stephen fowler wilson pennsylvania. |accessdate=12 January 2019}}</ref> He held several local offices.
==Career== He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1863 to 1865<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Fowler Wilson |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/bioshistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=2554&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=7 January 2019}}</ref> and served in one session after he had been elected a Representative to Congress. He was a delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention.
Wilson was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses. He was appointed additional judge of the fourth judicial district of Pennsylvania in 1871 to fill a vacancy. He was elected additional judge and served ten years. He was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court by President Chester A. Arthur on October 16, 1884.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Mark |title=Circuit Riding Judges Rides on Home - Into the Sunrise |url=https://www.nmbar.org/NmbarDocs/AboutUs/committees/Historical/Circuit%20Riding%20Judge%20Rides%20on%20Home-Thompson.pdf |website=www.nmbar.org |accessdate=12 January 2019}}</ref> He was president judge of the fourth judicial district of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1889. He resumed the practice of law in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1897. Interment in Wellsboro Cemetery in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephen Fowler Wilson |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12537575/stephen-fowler-wilson |website=www.findagrave.com |accessdate=7 January 2019}}</ref>
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==Sources== {{Commons category|Stephen Fowler Wilson}} {{CongBio|W000613}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html The Political Graveyard]
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