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Listen: The Latin ProgramCharles Cooper Wilson, senator from Polk County.
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Charles Cooper Wilson was born in Bethel (now Homeland) in 1858, before Polk County was established. Wilson graduated from Washington & Lee's Law Department and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1882. In 1885, Wilson was elected as a member of the Constitutional Convention and helped frame the new state Constitution. He practiced law in Fort Meade and in 1887 moved to Bartow to establish the firm of Wilson and Wilson with his brother. He served as prosecuting attorney of Polk County in 1893 and 1894. In 1901 he was elected state senator, but due to ill health did not seek reelection. Wilson died in 1907 in California, where he had moved for his health.
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