Scott Wike

Scott Wike

Scott Wike (born April 6, 1834 in Meadville , Pennsylvania , †  January 15, 1901 in Barry , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1877 and again from 1889 to 1893 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1838 Scott Wike moved to Quincy , Illinois with his parents . Six years later the family moved to Pike County . Until 1856 he attended Lombard University in Galesburg . After studying law at Harvard University and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Pittsfield in 1859 . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1863 and 1867 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1874 , Wike was elected to the Eleventh constituency of Illinois in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Robert M. Knapp on March 4, 1875 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1876, which instead put up Knapp again, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1877 . In the following years, Wike practiced as a lawyer again. In the elections of 1888 he was re-elected to Congress in the twelfth district of his state, where he replaced George A. Anderson on March 4, 1889 . After re-election, he could remain in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1893. In 1892 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

Between 1893 and 1897, Scott Wike served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during President Grover Cleveland's second term . After that he worked again as a lawyer. At that time he also went to England to study British income tax law. He was concerned with the question of whether this could be transferred to the United States.

Web links

• Scott Wike in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Scott Wike in the database of Find a Grave (English)