James Walter Wise (March 3, 1868 – September 8, 1925) was a

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from

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. Born near

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Henry County, Georgia Henry County is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. Per the 2020 census, the population of Henry County is 240,712, up from 203,922 in 2010. The county seat is McDonough. The county was named for Patrick Henry. He ...

, Wise attended the common schools. He studied law at Emory College in

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. He was

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in 1892 and commenced practice in

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, in January 1893. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1902–1908. He was mayor of Fayetteville in 1904–1906. He served as solicitor general of the Flint judicial circuit in 1908–1912. Wise was elected as a

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to the 64th and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925). Due to a prolonged illness, he was unable to qualify for or attend the

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. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1924. He died in

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, Georgia, on September 8, 1925. He was interred in McDonough Cemetery, McDonough, Georgia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wise, James Walter 1868 births 1925 deaths People from Henry County, Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers Emory University alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Fayetteville, Georgia 19th-century American lawyers