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Alexander Wiley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alexander Wiley
Wiley in April 1939
United States Senator
from Wisconsin
In office
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1963
Preceded byF. Ryan Duffy
Succeeded byGaylord Nelson
Personal details
Born(1884-05-26)May 26, 1884
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedOctober 26, 1967(1967-10-26) (aged 83)
Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
University of Wisconsin Law School
OccupationAttorney, Politician

Alexander Wiley (May 26, 1884 – October 26, 1967) was an American politician who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963. When he left the Senate, he was its most senior Republican member.

Biography

Wiley in 1940

Wiley was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He received his undergraduate education at Augsburg College in Minnesota and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1907 and was also admitted to the bar the same year. He served as the Chippewa County district attorney from 1909 to 1915.[1]

Wiley was the Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin in 1936, but his bid failed. Philip La Follette and the new Wisconsin Progressive Party, which split from the Republicans in 1934, won the election. In 1938, Wiley was elected to the U.S. Senate, first defeating Tax Court judge Stephen J. McMahon to win the Republican nomination, and then defeating Democratic incumbent F. Ryan Duffy to win the seat. In 1944, Wiley was challenged by United States Marine Corps Captain Joseph R. McCarthy in the Republican primary. He defeated McCarthy and won the general election. Wiley, then an isolationist in foreign policy, and Governor Walter S. Goodland supported Republican presidential nominee Thomas E. Dewey in the 1944 race over incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Dewey won Wisconsin's electoral votes but fell short nationally.[2]

Wiley was re-elected two more times, in 1950 and 1956. He was challenged by U.S. Representative Glenn Robert Davis in the 1956 Republican primary, but again prevailed. Wiley voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960,[3][4] as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[5] In 1962, Wiley lost his bid for a fifth term to Governor Gaylord Nelson, a liberal Democrat. Wiley was the last Republican to serve as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin until former 9th district congressman Bob Kasten took office in 1981.

Wiley had a distinguished Senate career that included the chairmanship of both the Foreign Relations and Judiciary committees.

Wiley died in Germantown, Pennsylvania at age 83.[6] He was interred at Forest Hill Cemetery in Chippewa Falls. During his lifetime he was a member of the Freemasons, the Knights Templar, the Elks Club, the Kiwanis, the Knights of Pythias, the Moose International, the Sons of Norway, and Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Notes

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Historical Society-Alexander Wiley". Archived from the original on 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  2. ^ David M. Jordan, FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944 (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2011), p. 279, ISBN 978-0-253-35683-3
  3. ^ "HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
  4. ^ "HR. 8601. PASSAGE OF AMENDED BILL".
  5. ^ "S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS". GovTrack.us.
  6. ^ "Former Sen. Wiley Is Dead at 83". The La Crosse Tribune. October 27, 1967. p. 1. Retrieved April 29, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. open access

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Howard Greene
Republican nominee for Governor of Wisconsin
1936
Succeeded by
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
(Class 3)

1938, 1944, 1950, 1956, 1962
Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by  U.S. senator (Class 3) from Wisconsin
1939–1963
Served alongside: Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Joseph McCarthy, William Proxmire
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
1947–1949
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1953–1955
Succeeded by
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