Henry Wilson (1778 – August 14, 1826) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Henry Wilson was born in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies, studied law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the bar December 21, 1812, and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He served as prothonotary and clerk of Lehigh County Courts from 1815 to 1821. Wilson was elected to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses and served until his death in Allentown in 1826. Interment in Union Cemetery. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) Sources The Political Graveyard Politicians from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Politicians from Allentown, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania prothonotaries Pennsylvania lawyers 1778 births 1826 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians