Biography

1795 - 06/15/1854

WISE, Jacob Michael, a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, 1795 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa.; major, 1^st Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia; attorney (1817-1854); appointed, District Attorney, Westmoreland County (1818); appointed, town clerk, Greensburg (1822-1826); elected, delegate, National Democratic Convention (1826); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1824-1825, 1825-1826 and 1826-1827 terms; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1827-1831); elected, judge, Westmoreland County (1850-1854); died, June 15, 1854 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.