Stanyarne Wilson

Who was Stanyarne Wilson?

Stanyarne Wilson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Yorkville, South Carolina, Wilson attended King's Mountain Military School Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar by an act of the legislature in 1880, then being a minor. He settled in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in 1881. Practiced law and was also interested in cotton manufactures, gold mining, iron works, and agriculture. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1884-1886 and 1890-1892. He served in the State senate 1892-1895. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1895.

Wilson was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses. He continued the practice of law in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and later in Richmond, Virginia, where he moved in 1913. He returned to Spartanburg, South Carolina, in January 1928, and died there February 14, 1928. He was interred in Church of the Advent Cemetery.