James W. Wise

James W. Wise

James Walter Wise (born March 3, 1868 in McDonough , Henry County , Georgia , †  September 8, 1925 in Atlanta , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1925 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Wise attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Emory College in Oxford and his admission as a lawyer in 1892, he began to work in Fayetteville in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Between 1902 and 1908, Wise was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives . During this time he was also Mayor of Fayetteville from 1904 to 1906. From 1908 to 1912 he served as a prosecutor in the judicial district of Flint. In the 1914 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Charles Lafayette Bartlett on March 4, 1915 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1925 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1919 and 1920, the 18th and 19th amendments were passed in Congress.

During his last legislative term from 1923 to 1925, James Wise was so affected by an illness that he could no longer attend any session of Congress. For this reason, he decided not to run again in 1925. He died on September 8, 1925 in Atlanta and was buried in his hometown of McDonough.

Web links

• James W. Wise in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James W. Wise in the database of Find a Grave (English)