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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaRichard Alsop WISE
(1843-1900)
WISE, Richard Alsop, (son
of Henry Alexander Wise, grandson of John Sergeant, brother of John
Sergeant Wise, and cousin of George Douglas Wise), a Representative
from Virginia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 2, 1843;
attended private schools in Richmond, Va., Harrison’s
Academy, Albemarle County, Va., and the College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg, Va., for two years; during the Civil War served
in the Confederate Army as a private in Stuart’s cavalry and
as assistant inspector general of Wise’s brigade, Army of
Northern Virginia; was graduated in medicine from the Medical
College of Virginia in 1867 and practiced; professor at the College
of William and Mary 1869-1881; delegate to all Republican State
conventions from 1879 to 1900; superintendent of the Eastern
Lunatic Asylum of Virginia 1882-1885; member of the State house of
delegates 1885-1887; clerk of the circuit and county courts of the
city of Williamsburg and county of James City 1888-1894; delegate
to the Republican National Conventions in 1892, 1896, and 1900;
successfully contested as a Republican the election of William A.
Young to the Fifty-fifth Congress and served from April 26, 1898,
to March 3, 1899; was again successful in contesting the election
of William A. Young to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from
March 12, 1900, until his death in Williamsburg, Va., December 21,
1900; interment in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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