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Alexander Wiley (
May 26,
1884 –
May 26,
1967) was a member of the
Republican Party who served four terms in the
United States Senate for the state of
Wisconsin from
1939 to
1963.
Wiley was born in
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. He received his undergraduate education at
Augsburg College in
Minnesota and the
University of 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.
Wiley was the Republican candidate for
governor of Wisconsin in
1936 but his bid failed.
Philip La Follette and the new
Progressive Party, which split from the Republicans in 1934, won the election. In
1938 Wiley was elected to the U.S. Senate by defeating incumbent
F. Ryan Duffy. In
1944, he was challenged by Marine Captain
Joseph McCarthy in the Republican Party primary. He defeated McCarthy and went on to win the general election. Wiley was re-elected two more times in
1950 and
1956. In
1962, Wiley lost his bid for a fifth term to Governor
Gaylord Nelson.
Wiley had a distinguished Senate career that included the chairmanship of both the Foreign Relations and Judiciary committees.
Wiley died in
Germantown, Pennsylvania. His interment is at Forest Hill Cemetery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. 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.
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