sentences:  After the adoption of West Virginia's second Constitution in 1872 (which re-enfranchised Confederates, among other changes) voters elected Wilson from West Virginia's 1st District.Re-elected three times, Wilson served in the 44th United States Congress and the next three Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883).Wilson was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872, the same year that he lost a campaign for election to the 43rd United States Congress.