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Introduced Version House Concurrent Resolution 34 History

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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 34

(By Delegates Doyle, Manuel and Walters)




Requesting that the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, name West Virginia U.S. Route 340, beginning at the Charles Town Bypass going North to the edge of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, the William L. Wilson Freeway in honor of a West Virginian whose academic, military, legal and governmental achievements enrich the heritage of this State and its people.

Whereas, William L. Wilson was born on May 5, 1843, near Middleway, Jefferson County, Virginia, now West Virginia; and
Whereas, William L. Wilson was a distinguished academician who: Attended Charles Town Academy; was graduated from Columbia College, now George Washington University, in 1860; interrupted his attendance at the University of Virginia to serve in the military during the Civil War; was an assistant professor of ancient languages at Columbia College from 1865 through 1871; received his law degree from Columbia College in 1867; served as president of West Virginia University in 1882 and 1883; and served as president of Washington and Lee University from 1897 through 1900; and
Whereas, William L. Wilson's honorable military service includes his enlistment in the Confederate Quartermaster Department in 1861; enlistment in Company B of the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry in 1862, therein rising to the rank of Sergeant Major; capture by Federal forces near Halltown and exchanged at Fort Monroe in 1862; and parole at Winchester, Virginia, in 1865; and
Whereas, In service to the people in government and the law, William L. Wilson: Established his private law practice in Charles Town in 1871; was elected as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880 and as its chairman in 1892; served in the United States Congress as the Representative from the second district of West Virginia from 1883 through 1894, wherein he was a member of the Committee on Appropriations and the Ways and Means Committee; was a close friend and advisor to Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, and often gave public addresses in behalf of the President; served as Postmaster General of the United States from 1895 through 1897, wherein he pioneered the Nation's rural free delivery system, establishing that system's first route in Jefferson County West Virginia; and
Whereas, The people of Jefferson County and of the State of West Virginia honor the achievements and the memory of William L. Wilson; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, be hereby requested to name West Virginia U.S. Route 340, beginning at the Charles Town Bypass going North to the edge of the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, the William L. Wilson Freeway; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates be hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Division of Highways, and the mayor of Charles Town.
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