William Edward Wilson (March 9, 1870 – September 29, 1948) was an American educator, businessman, and politician from Indiana.

[1] After retiring from the school, Wilson worked as an accountant for a wholesale hardware company and secretary-treasurer of the Evansville insurance business run by his wife's family.

Wilson's unsuccessful race for reelection, during which the Ku Klux Klan actively opposed him, was later chronicled by his son in an article for American Heritage magazine.

[2] After leaving Congress, Wilson was president of the Lincoln Savings Bank,[3] and he was later employed by Chrysler.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress