James S. Wiley

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James Sullivan Wiley (born January 22, 1808 in Mercer , Somerset County , Massachusetts , † December 21, 1891 in Fryeburg , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Wiley was born in 1808 in Mercer, which was then part of Massachusetts and has been part of Maine since 1820. In 1826, Wiley moved to Bethel . He graduated from Gould's Academy and then studied until 1836 at Colby College in Waterville . He then moved to Dover, Maine, where he taught at Foxcroft Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1839, he began to work in Dover in his new profession.

Politically, Wiley was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1846 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the sixth constituency of Maine . There he took over from the later US Vice President Hannibal Hamlin on March 4, 1847 . By March 3, 1849, he completed a term in Congress . During this time the Mexican-American War ended with the United States gaining large territories in the west and southwest of the continent.

After his tenure in the House of Representatives, James Wiley retired from politics. For the next 40 years until 1889 he worked as a lawyer in Dover. In 1889 he moved his practice and residence to Fryeburg, where he died in December 1891.

Web links

  • James S. Wiley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)