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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJames Walter WISE
(1868-1925)
WISE, James Walter, a
Representative from Georgia; born near McDonough, Henry County,
Ga., March 3, 1868; attended the common schools; studied law at
Emory College, Oxford, Ga.; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and
commenced practice in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Ga., in January
1893; member of the State house of representatives 1902-1908; was
mayor of Fayetteville 1904-1906; solicitor general of the Flint
judicial circuit 1908-1912; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1915-March 3, 1925); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1924; owing to prolonged illness was unable to qualify for or
attend the Sixty-eighth Congress; died in Atlanta, Ga., on
September 8, 1925; interment in McDonough Cemetery, McDonough,
Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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