Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He mema a Wilson no te Pāti Manapori. I mahi ia i roto i te Whare Paremata o Tennessee mai i te 1877 ki te 1879, e noho ana i te komiti whakawa. I whiriwhiria ia ki te Whare Kaunihera o Tennessee i te 1879, a ko ia te tumuaki o tana komiti whakawa. I whiriwhiria ia e te "taake iti" ki te tohu Tennessee i te
1880 Democratic National Convention, engari i hinga ia ki a Alvin Hawkins.