found: Bio. dir. Am. Con., 1961(Wilson, Ephraim King; b. Worcester Co., Md. Dec. 22, 1821; school teacher, lawyer, member state house of delegates in 1847; Democratic Representative to the 43rd Congress, 1873-1875; judge, 1st judicial circuit of Md., 1874-1884; U.S. Senator from Mar. 4, 1885, until his death in Washington, D.C. on Mar. 4, 1891)
found: Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 29, 2021(Wilson, Ephraim King, (Son of Ephraim King Wilson [1771-1834]), a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Snow Hill, Worcester County, Md., December 22, 1821; attended Union Academy at Snow Hill and Washington Academy, Princess Anne, Md.; graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1840; taught school for six years; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Snow Hill, Md.; member, State house of delegates 1847; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1852; because of impaired health abandoned the practice of law in 1867 and retired to his farm; examiner and treasurer of the school board of Worcester County in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1874; judge of the first judicial circuit of Maryland 1878-1884; elected as a Democrat in 1884 to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1885, until his death; had been reelected in 1890 for the term beginning March 4, 1891; died in Washington, D.C., February 24, 1891; interment in Makemie Presbyterian Churchyard, Snow Hill, Md.)