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Thomas Wilson (1772-4 October 1834) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-PA 15) from 1813 to 1817, preceding Robert Moore.

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Thomas Wilson was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania in 1772, and he worked as a shipbuilder in Erie before serving as a burgess in 1807, town clerk in 1808, treasurer of Erie County from 1809 to 1812, county commissioner in 1811, justice of the peace, a member of the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817, a member of the State House from 1817 to 1820, and county clerk from 1819 to 1824.

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