| LC control no. | n 92061732 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967 |
| Birth date | 18840526 |
| Death date | 19670526 |
| Place of birth | Chippewa Falls (Wis.) |
| Place of death | Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Affiliation | University of Michigan University of Wisconsin. Law School Wisconsin. District Attorney (Chippewa County) United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Public prosecutors |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Milwaukee Public Library for Rhodes, I.G. Papers, 1921-1977 (Alexander Wiley) WWWA, 1961-1968 (Alexander Wiley, 1884-1967; lawyer and U.S. senator, of Chippewa Falls, Wis.) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, October 14, 2014 (Wiley, Alexander, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wis., May 26, 1884; attended the public schools, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn., and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1907; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chippewa Falls, Wis.; district attorney of Chippewa County 1909-1915; unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor in 1936; engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1938; reelected in 1944, 1950 and 1956 and served from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1963; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Eightieth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (Eighty-third Congress), resided in Washington, D.C., until a few days before his death, May 26, 1967, at High Oaks Christian Science Church Sanitarium in Germantown, Pa.; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Chippewa Falls, Wis.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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