biography
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Wise, Henry Alexander
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| male
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| lived:
| (1806–76)
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| biography:
| US representative, born in Drummondtown, Virginia, USA. A Virginia lawyer, he served as a Jacksonian, Whig, and Democratic member of the US House of Representatives (1833–44), resigning to become ambassador to Brazil (1844–7) and governor of Virginia (1856–60). |
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