Whyte, William Pinkney – Wigglesworth, Samuel
Whyte, William Pinkney
merchant, lawyer, United States senator, was born Aug. 9, 1824, in Baltimore, Md. In 1847 he was elected to the Maryland house of delegates; and in 1853 was elected state comptroller. He was appointed a senator in congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the senate for the term commencing in 1875 and ending in 1881. In the latter year he was elected mayor of Baltimore.
Wiard, Norman
civil engineer, inventor, author, was born in 1826, in Ontario. He is an inventor and military engineer of distinction whose specialty was the manufacture of ordnance. He was the author of The Solution of the Ordnance Problem. He died in 1896.
Wick, William W
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 23, 1796, in Canonsburg, Pa. In 1822 he was chosen president judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Indiana; and in 1825 became secretary of state. In 1829 he was attorney for the state in the fifth judicial circuit, from which office he retired in 1831; and was president judge for three years. In 1839 he was elected a representative in congress from Indiana; and was again in congress in 1845 and 1847.
In 1850 he was again chosen president judge. From 1853 to 1857 was postmaster at Indianapolis. He served in the militia of the state as brigadier-general, quartermaster, and adjutant-general. He died May 19, 1868, in Franklin county, Ind.
Wickersham, James
journalist, jurist, was born Aug. 24, 1857, in Patoka, Ill. He was for four years judge of Price county, Wash.
He gives special attention to ethnology; is associate editor of the American Antiquarian; and president of the Tacoma Academy of Science.
Wickersham, James Pyle
educator, author, was born March 5, 1825, in Chester county, Pa. He was an educator of Lancaster, Pa., state superintendent of public instruction in 1868-81; and minister to Denmark in 1882. He was the author of School Economy; and Methods of Instruction. He died March 25, 1891, in Lancaster, Pa.
Wickes, Eliphalet
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from New York from 1805 to 1807.
Wickes, Thomas
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 31, 1814, in Jamaica, N. Y.
He was a presbyterian clergyman of Marietta, Ohio; and the author of Exposition of the Apocalypse; The Son of Man; The Household; and Economy of the Ages. He died Nov. 10, 1870, in Orange, N. J.
Wickham, Charles Preston
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1836, in Norwalk, Ohio.
He enlisted as a private in company D, fifty-fifth regiment Ohio volunteers.
While a major he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel by brevet, by the president, for gallant and meritorious services in the Carolinas. He resumed the practice of law in Norwalk; was elected prosecuting attorney in 1866 and re-elected in 1868. He was elected judge of the court of common pleas of the fourth judicial district in 1880, and re-elected in 1885 as a republican. He was elected to the fiftieth congress, and was re-elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican.
Wickham, John Jervis
lawyer, jurist, was born May 14, 1844, in Ireland.
During the civil war he served as a military telegrapher. In 1884 he became judge of common pleas and is now a judge of the superior court of Pennsylvania.
Wickham, Williams Carter
soldier, lawyer, state senator, was born Sept. 21, 1820, in Richmond, Va. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the confederate army as captain, and became colonel of the fourth Virginia regiment, rising to the rank of brigadier-general.
He was chosen to the Virginia state senate in 1882-83, and in the next election he was returned without opposition. He died July 23, 1888, in Richmond, Va.
Wickliffe, Charles A
soldier, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born June 8, 1788, in Bardstown, Ky.
In 1812 he was appointed aide-de-camp to General Winlock and during the same year was elected to the Kentucky state legislature and was re-elected in 1813.
He was at the battle of the Thames as aid to General Caldwell, after which he was again elected to the legislature, where he continued until elected a representative from Kentucky to congress in 1823, and was four times re-elected. In 1833 he was again elected to the legislature and was speaker in 1834. In 1836 he was elected lieutenant-governor of Kentucky.
In 1841 he was appointed postmaster-general, and in 1845 was sent on a secret mission to Texas, in connection with its annexation to the United States. In 1861 he again became a representative in congress from Kentucky. He died Oct. 31, 1869, in Howard county, Md.
Wickliffe, Robert Charles
thirteenth governor of Louisiana. In 1854 he was elected state senator, receiving reelection to the two succeeding terms without opposition, and became president of the senate. In 1856 he became governor of Louisiana, and served with distinction for four years. In 1866 he was elected to congress, but refused to take the oath demanded of him, and was therefore denied admittance. Since 1846 he has practiced law in West Feliciana, La.
Widener, Howard H
educator, lawyer, public official, was born May 6, 1860, in Chili, N. Y. In 1879 he graduated from the Chili seminary, and for four years was engaged in educational work.
In 1885 he was admitted to the bar and has attained prominence as an able lawyer at Rochester, N. Y. For ten years he has been first assistant district attorney of Monroe county and has represented the people in many important criminal cases on trial and in the higher courts. He practices generally in all the state courts. He has always taken an active interest in politics, and is connected with various associations and business enterprises.
Widgery, William
soldier, lawyer, jurist, legislator, congressman, was born in 1753 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was lieutenant of a privateer in the revolutionary war. He served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1789-94 and 1797. He was a state councilor in 1806 and 1807 and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1811 to 1813. He was judge of the court of common pleas from 1813 to 1822. He died Aug. 7, 1822, in Boston, Mass.
Wiegand, Otto Oscar
journalist, legislator, was born July 9, 1860, in Hika, Wis. He is editor and owner of the Shawano Advocate, and during 1896-97 was mayor of his city. In 1891-92 he served as a member of the Wisconsin state assembly.
Wigfall, Lewis T
soldier, United States senator, was born April 21, 1816, in Edgefield district, S. C. He was a senator in congress from Texas from 1859 until that state seceded, when he became identified with the great rebellion as a brigadier-general and was expelled from the senate in July, 1861. He died Feb. 18, 1874, in Galveston, Tex.
Wiggin, James Bartlett
merchant, author, poet, was born July 19, 1832, in Wadley's Falls, N. H. He is the author of a work entitled The Wild Artist in Boston, which has run through several editions. He is also a poet of acknowledged excellence, and his poems appear in Poets of America and other standard works. For many years he was engaged successfully in business at Cambridgeport, Mass., and now resides in Boston,
Wiggin, Kate Douglas
author, was born Sept. 28, 1857, in Philadelphia, Pa. She is the author of A Summer in a Canon; Timothy's Guest; A Cathedral Courting; Patsy; and The Birds' Christmas Carol.
Wigginton, Peter D
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 6, 1839, in Springfield, Ill. In 1864 he was elected district attorney for Merced county, Cal.
In 1875 he was elected a representative from California to the forty-fourth congress and was re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.
Wigglesworth, Edward
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1693 in Malden, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman and Hollis professor of theology at Harvard university in 1722- 65. He was the author of An Answer to Mr. Whitefield's Reply to the College Testimony; and Doctrine of Reprobation Briefly Considered. He died Jan. 16, 1765, in Cambridge, Mass.
Wigglesworth, Edward
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 7, 1732, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman who succeeded his father in the Hollis professorship at Harvard University in 1765, and the author of Calculations on American Population; and Authority of Tradition Considered.
He died June 17, 1794, in Cambridge, Mass.
Wigglesworth, Edward
lawyer, merchant, author, was born Jan. 14, 1804, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer and merchant of Boston who published Reflections, a collection of apothegms. He died Oct. 15, 1876, in Boston, Mass.
Wigglesworth, Michael
clergyman, author, poet, was born Oct. 18, 1631, in England. He was a congregational clergyman, pastor at Malden, Mass., in 1656-1705. The Day of Doom, his chief work, appearing in 1662, was for more than a century the most popular poem in New England. It is an epic of the Last Judgment, not without gleams of poetic merit, but full of what must be styled savage theology. Meat Out of the Eater is a much inferior poem, but was very popular for a long period. God's Controversy with New England, also in verse, and A Short Discourse on Eternity, comprise his remaining works. He died June 10, 1705, in Malden, Mass.
Wigglesworth, Samuel
clergy man, author, was born Feb. 15, 1689, in Malden, Mass. He accepted a call at Ipswich Hamlet, and was ordained in 1714. There he remained until his death. He published, between 1727 and 1765, nine occasional discourses, besides A Short Account of the Rev. Mr. Hale, of Newbury, in the Christian History; and a Dudleian Lecture. He died Sept. 3, 1768, in Hamilton, Mass.
WIGHT, MISS EMMA HOWARD. author, was born in Baltimore, Md. She is the author of a novel entitled Passion Flowers and the Cross; and has written numerous theological articles, which have attracted wide attention.