Henry Alexander Wise (August 21, 1906 – December 13, 1982) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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Life
He was born on August 21, 1906, in
Watertown,
Jefferson County, New York, the son of Jennings Cropper Wise (1881–1968) and Elizabeth Lydecker (Anderson) Wise (1883–1963). He graduated from
Virginia Military Institute with the Class of 1927, and in 1931 from the
University of Virginia. In April 1935, he married Deborah Halsey Turnbull (1909–1943). In 1941, he married Mary Alice Buck (1918–1981), and they had three children. During
World War II he served in the
U.S. Army. He practiced law in Watertown.
Political career
Wise was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
from 1948 to 1964, sitting in the
166th,
167th,
168th,
169th,
170th,
171st,
172nd,
173rd and
174th New York State Legislature
The 174th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 9, 1963, to December 30, 1964, during the fifth and sixth years of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, in Albany.
Ba ...
s. He was a delegate to the
1952 Republican National Convention
The 1952 Republican National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois from July 7 to 11, 1952, and nominated the popular general and war hero Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, nicknamed "Ike," for president and ...
. In June 1964, he ran in the Republican primary for Congress in the
31st District, but was defeated by
Robert C. McEwen
Robert Cameron McEwen (January 5, 1920 – June 15, 1997) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state), New York.
Biography
McEwen was born on January 5, 1920, in ...
.
''M'EWEN DEFEATS 4 RIVALS UPSTATE''
in the '' New York Times'' on June 3, 1964 (subscription required)
Return to Lexington and final years
Shortly after moving to live in Lexington, Virginia in 1966, Wise was elected historian of the VMI Alumni Association. This led to an initial research project on the Association itself, which gradually expanded into researching the entire history of the Virginia Military Institute. The result, ''Drawing Out the Man: The VMI Story'', was published through the University of Virginia Press in 1978, with the foreword written by Harry F. Byrd, Jr., who attended VMI from 1931 to 1933 before transferring to the University of Virginia.
He died on December 13, 1982; and was buried at the Wise family cemetery in Accomack County, Virginia.
Personal life
Congressman from Virginia John Sergeant Wise (1846–1913) was his grandfather; and Governor of Virginia Henry A. Wise
Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 – September 12, 1876) was an American attorney, diplomat, politician and slave owner from Virginia. As the 33rd Governor of Virginia, Wise served as a significant figure on the path to the American Civil W ...
(1806–1876) and Congressman from New York Joseph H. Anderson (1800–1870) were his great-grandfathers.
References
External links
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''Genealogical Record and Chart of the Family of Elizabeth Lydecker Anderson''
compiled by Jennings Cropper Wise (1916)
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1906 births
1982 deaths
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Watertown, New York
Virginia Military Institute alumni
University of Virginia alumni
20th-century American legislators
Wise family of Virginia