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Whittlesey, Thomas T – Wiggin, James Bartlett

Whittlesey, Thomas T

congressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1836 to 1839.

Whittlesey, William A

lawyer, congressman, was born in Connecticut.

He settled in the practice of law in Ohio; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1851.

Whittredge, Worthington

artist, was born May 22, 1820, in Springfield, Ohio. His works are mostly pictures of American scenery.

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.

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.

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,