sentences:  From 1895 to 1897, he was the principal of Harrisonburg High School in Harrisonburg, the seat of Catahoula Parish.Wilson studied law privately, was admitted to the bar in 1898, and thereafter opened his practice in Harrisonburg.Prior to his service in the U.S. Congress, Wilson was a district attorney, state district court judge, and, from 1900 to 1904, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.