Emanuel Willis Wilson (August 11 1844 – May 28 1905) was the seventh Governor of West Virginia in 1884. He is most notable for being the Governor during the period of the Hatfield-McCoy feud. Wilson was married to Henrietta Cotton. When the Legislature disputed the Election of 1888 both Governor Wilson and State Senate President Robert S. Carr claimed the right to sit as Governor until the dispute was resolved.
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