{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John McClure Wiley | image = John M. Wiley (US Congressman from New York).jpg | alt = | caption = ''Buffalo News'', April 16, 1890 | constituency_AM = Erie County, 5th District | assembly = New York State | term_start = January 1, 1871 | term_end = December 31, 1872 | predecessor = Lyman Oatman | successor = Robert B. Foote | state2 = New York | district2 = 33rd | term_start2 = March 4, 1889 | term_end2 = March 3, 1891 | predecessor2 = John B. Weber | successor2 = Thomas L. Bunting | birth_date = {{birth date|1841|8|11}} | birth_place = Derry, Ireland, U.K. | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|8|13|1841|8|11}} | death_place = St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | resting_place = Crown Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, Section 29, Lot 6, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | party = Democratic | children = John Cooper Wiley }} '''John McClure Wiley''' (August 11, 1841 – August 13, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
==Biography== thumb|right|Wiley's grave (third from right) at Crown Hill Cemetery
Born in Derry, Ireland, Wiley immigrated to the United States in 1850 with his parents, who settled in Erie County, New York.{{sfn|''Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I''|page=410}} He attended the common schools, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and became active in the real estate business in Colden, New York.{{sfn|''A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1777 to 1903''|page=882}}
A Democrat, He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co., 5th D.) in 1871 and 1872.{{sfn|''Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I''|page=410}} He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892.{{sfn|''Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I''|page=410}}
Wiley was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891).{{sfn|''Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I''|page=410}}{{sfn|''A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1777 to 1903''|page=882}} He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890.{{sfn|''A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1777 to 1903''|page=882}} In 1890 he married Virginia Emmeline Cooper (1858–1934), the daughter of John J. Cooper, who was Indiana State Treasurer from 1883 to 1887.{{sfn|"A Congressman's Wedding"|page=1}} Their son, John Cooper Wiley, was a career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to several foreign countries.{{sfn|"Dies at Washington: Mrs. Virginia Cooper Wiley; Was Member of Early Day Kokomo Family"|page=3}}
On April 24, 1893, President Grover Cleveland appointed Wiley to be U.S. Consul at Bordeaux, France,{{sfn|"Wiley Draws a Prize"|page=1}} and he served until July 31, 1897.{{sfn|"Judge Tourgee Honored"|page=4}}{{sfn|"Hon. Albion W. Tourgee"|page=5}}
After returning to the United States, Wiley resided in Jacksonville, Florida during the winter and Colden, New York during the summer.{{sfn|"Death Notice, John McClure Wiley"}} In his later years his summer residence was in Washington, D.C.{{sfn|"Death Notice, John McClure Wiley"}}
Wiley died in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, August 13, 1912.{{sfn|"Death Notice, John McClure Wiley"}} He was interred at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.{{sfn|"John M'Clure Wiley Dead"|page=7}}
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==Sources== ===Newspapers=== *{{cite news |date=April 16, 1890 |title=A Congressman's Wedding |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18900416.2.10.8# |newspaper=San Francisco Call |location=San Francisco, CA |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection |ref={{sfnRef|"A Congressman's Wedding"}}}} *{{cite news |publication-date=April 26, 1893 |title=Wiley Draws a Prize |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier-wiley-draws-a-prize/147581973/ |newspaper=Buffalo Courier |place=Washington |date=1893-04-25 |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Wiley Draws a Prize"}}}} *{{cite news |date=May 12, 1897 |title=Judge Tourgee Honored |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-enquirer-judge-tourgee-honor/147582544/ |newspaper=The Buffalo Enquirer |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Judge Tourgee Honored"}}}} *{{cite news |date=July 8, 1897 |title=Hon. Albion W. Tourgee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-national-tribune-hon-albion-w-tour/147582691/ |newspaper=National Tribune |location=Washington, D.C.|via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Hon. Albion W. Tourgee"}}}} *{{cite news |publication-date=August 14, 1912 |title=Death Notice, John McClure Wiley |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/08/14/104904508.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |place=Buffalo, New York |date=1912-08-13 |ref={{sfnRef|"Death Notice, John McClure Wiley"}}}} *{{cite news |date=August 14, 1912 |title=John M'Clure Wiley Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-news-john-mclure-wiley/147582917/ |newspaper=Indianapolis News |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"John M'Clure Wiley Dead"}}}} *{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1934-01-23 |title=Dies at Washington: Mrs. Virginia Cooper Wiley; Was Member of Early Day Kokomo Family |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kokomo-tribune-dies-at-washington-m/147583001/ |newspaper=Kokomo Tribune |place=Indianapolis |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Dies at Washington: Mrs. Virginia Cooper Wiley; Was Member of Early Day Kokomo Family"}}}}
===Books=== *{{cite book |last=Blume |first=Kenneth J. |date=2017 |title=Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BI4xDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA410 |location=Lanham, MD |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-7333-7 |ref={{sfnRef|''Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Civil War to World War I''}}}} *{{cite book |last=United States Congress |date=1903 |title=A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1777 to 1903 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bb8qAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA882 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=US Government Printing Office |ref={{sfnRef|''A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1777 to 1903''}}}}
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