Education
He attended the common schools, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and became active in the real estate business in Colden, New New York
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Career
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892. Wiley was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890.
Their son, John Cooper Wiley, was a career diplomat who served as United States. ambassador to several foreign countries.
On April 24, 1893 President Grover Cleveland appointed Wiley to be United States. Consul at Bordeaux, France, and served until July 31, 1897. After returning to the United States, Wiley resided in Jacksonville, Florida during the winter and Colden, New York during the summer.
In his later years his summer residence was in Washington, District of Columbia He died in Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada, August 13, 1912. Wiley was interred at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Membership
A Democrat, He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Company, 5th Doctorate) in 1871 and 1872.
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Democratic party