Education
Wemple attended the public schools in Fultonville and Ashland Academy, and graduated from Union College in 1866. Then he studied law for a time and engaged in the foundry business in partnership with his two brothers.
Wemple attended the public schools in Fultonville and Ashland Academy, and graduated from Union College in 1866. Then he studied law for a time and engaged in the foundry business in partnership with his two brothers.
He was President of the Village of Fultonville in 1873, and Supervisor of the Town of Glen from 1874 to 1876. Wemple was elected as a Democrat to the 48th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1885. In Congress he worked to secure funding for the Saratoga Monument commemorating the Battles of Saratoga.
He was New York State Comptroller from 1888 to 1891, elected at the New York state election, 1887 and the New York state election, 1889.
On November 13, 1895, he was arrested on charges of arson. He had burned down his own foundry, after it had been sold at an assignee"s sale, and several other buildings in and around Fultonville.
On December 2, he was pronounced insane, taken to the Utica Insane Asylum, and later transferred to the Middletown State Hospital. On August 13, 1909, he was released from Middletown Asylum, and taken home to Fultonville.
He died on December 18, 1920.
And was buried at the Maple Avenue Cemetery in Fultonville.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Montgomery Company) in 1877 and 1878. He was a member of the New York State Senate (18th Doctorate) in 1886 and 1887.