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Henry A. Wise

Henry Alexander Wise
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33rd Governor of Virginia
In office
January 1, 1856 – January 1, 1860
Lieutenant Elisha W. McComas
William Lowther Jackson
Preceded by Joseph Johnson
Succeeded by John Letcher
6th United States Minister to Brazil
In office
August 10, 1844 – August 28, 1847
Appointed by John Tyler
Preceded by George H. Proffit
Succeeded by David Tod
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1843 – February 12, 1844
Preceded by William L. Goggin
Succeeded by Thomas H. Bayly
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by Richard Coke, Jr.
Succeeded by Willoughby Newton
Personal details
Born (1806-12-03)December 3, 1806
Drummondtown, Virginia
Died September 12, 1876(1876-09-12) (aged 69)
Richmond, Virginia
Political party Jacksonian Democrat, Whig
Alma mater Washington College
Winchester Law School
Profession Politician, Lawyer
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Military service
Allegiance  Confederate States of America
Service/branch  Confederate States Army
Years of service 1861 – 1865
Rank Confederate States of America General.png Brigadier General
Unit Army of Northern Virginia
Battles/wars

American Civil War


American Civil War

Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 – September 12, 1876) was an American lawyer and politician from Virginia. He was a U.S. Representative and Governor of Virginia, and US Minister to Brazil. During the American Civil War, he was a general in the Confederate States Army. He was the father of U.S. Representatives Richard Alsop Wise and John Sergeant Wise.

Wise was born in Drummondtown, Accomack County, Virginia, to Major John Wise and his second wife Sarah Corbin Cropper, whose families had long been settled there. Wise was of English and Scottish descent. He was privately tutored until his twelfth year, when he entered Margaret Academy, near Pungoteague in Accomack County. He graduated from Washington College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1825. He was a member of the Union Literary Society at Washington College.

After attending Henry St. George Tucker's Winchester Law School, Wise was admitted to the bar in 1828. He settled in Nashville, Tennessee, in the same year to start a practice but returned to Accomack County in 1830.


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