Morgan Ringland Wise (June 7, 1825 – April 13, 1903) was a member of the 46th and 47thCongress of the United States.
Wise was born inWest Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on June 7, 1825. He engaged ingold mining inCalifornia in 1850 and, while there, volunteered under Major Stammins, to defend the miners in their disagreements withIndigenous peoples. He returned to Pennsylvania where he graduated fromWaynesburg College in 1856. He spent several years engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was elected as a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives, serving from 1874 to 1878. Later he was elected as a Democrat to the46th and47th Congress. He did not seek re-election in1882.
Wise moved toArizona where he became a rancher and raised cattle. He was appointed as consular agent atNogales,Mexico from February 10, 1888 to May 31, 1900. On August 6, 1896, he was witness to a failed bank robbery inNogales, Arizona, while attending a meeting in the bank.[1]
Following the end of his appointment, Wise returned to the East, where he died inCoraopolis, Pennsylvania on April 13, 1903. His body was taken toWaynesburg, Pennsylvania for burial.
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