Background

Wise, James Walter was born on March 3, 1868 in Henry County, Georgia, United States. Son of George Edward and Rachel (Foster) Wise.

Education

Education common schools. Studied law in office of E. J. Reagan, McDonough, Georgia, and in Law Department of Emory College.

Career

Admitted to Georgia bar, 1893, and practiced in Fayetteville. Mayor of Fayetteville 2 terms. Member Georgia House of Representatives, 1902-1908.

Solicitor general (prosecuting attorney), Flint Judicial Circuit, 1908-1912. Member 64th to 68th Congress (1915-1925), 6th Georgia District. President Farmers and Merchants Bank.

Religion

It is vital to meet and worship with other Christians in order to grow in the Christian life and to understand what is God's will for people and for their communities.

Politics

All human life is created by God and therefore is significant and valuable. When governments implement the capital punishment, then the life of the convicted is devalued and all possibilities of change education.

Views

Small groups inside the Methodist Church should be developed. Thus all members of “societies” could receive support and be challenged in their faith.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Clara Betts, June 3, 1913.

father:

George Edward Wise

mother:

Rachel (Foster) Wise

spouse:

Clara Betts