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Affectionately known by voters as "Uncle Harry" or "Mister Harry", Wilson served two nonconsecutive terms in the state House from 1900 to 1904 and again from 1908 to 1912. A strong promoter of his hometown of
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369:Geography
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1472:Loranger
1467:Lewiston
1442:Greenlaw
1354:Villages
1344:Roseland
1339:Kentwood
1156:Archived
761:Hispanic
751:, 1.62%
747:, 0.66%
702:Hispanic
355:Governor
337:in the
275:22-37025
247:ZIP code
1517:Uneedus
1512:Strader
1507:Sharkey
1487:Osceola
1482:Manchac
1427:Bolivar
1417:Baptist
1367:Tickfaw
1295:Hammond
1058:June 4,
657:46.97%
643:44.77%
626:Number
314:History
305:Hammond
286:2405882
111:Country
1532:Wilmer
1497:Robert
1452:Husser
1447:Holton
1437:Fluker
1422:Bedico
1412:Arcola
1287:Cities
1036:May 1,
1011:May 1,
986:May 1,
765:Latino
733:census
713:4.65%
706:Latino
696:2.94%
683:0.49%
670:0.18%
481:−11.9%
391:Census
127:Parish
1522:Velma
1407:Akers
1395:Other
1321:Towns
753:Asian
738:White
676:Asian
635:White
623:Race
601:−1.8%
596:1,635
586:−3.4%
581:1,665
566:1,724
556:−3.1%
551:1,632
541:−4.9%
536:1,684
526:−8.8%
521:1,770
511:20.9%
506:1,941
491:1,606
476:1,498
466:64.7%
461:1,700
446:1,032
431:1,004
353:with
335:Amite
252:70792
235:UTC-5
214:UTC-6
195:1,635
119:State
1213:2016
1188:2016
1110:2008
1085:2021
1060:2015
1038:2013
1013:2013
988:2013
949:2022
913:2022
865:, a
654:768
640:732
592:2020
577:2010
571:5.6%
562:2000
547:1990
532:1980
517:1970
502:1960
496:7.2%
487:1950
472:1940
457:1930
451:2.8%
442:1920
427:1910
412:1880
400:Note
395:Pop.
281:GNIS
150:Area
33:Town
1377:CDP
763:or
710:76
704:or
693:48
333:of
264:985
239:CDT
228:DST
218:CST
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