serviceyears branch lieutenant death_date allegiance term birth_date appointer signature term_end alma_mater death_place profession battles order term_start rank image name predecessor birth_place unit party office state district successor article_title
1861 & ndash ; 1865 csa elisha w. mccomas william lowther jackson 12 september 1876 confederate states of america august , 1847 march 4 , 1843 - february 12 , 10 1844 march 4 , 1833 & ndash ; march 3 , , 1843 1844 & ndash ; august 28 3 december 1806 john tyler henry a wise signature.svg january 1 , 1860 washington college winchester law school richmond , virginia politician , lawyer american civil war 33rd january 1 , 1856 35px major general henry a wise cdv.jpg henry alexander wise joseph coke , jr. . johnson george h. proffit william l. goggin richard drummondtown , virginia army of northern virginia jacksonian democrat , whig governor of virginia 6th united states minister to brazil virginia virginia 7th 8th john letcher david tod thomas h. bayly willoughby newton henry a. wise

henry a. wise

henry alexander wise -lrb- december 3 , 1806 -- september 12 , 1876 -rrb- was an american lawyer and politician from virginia .
he was a u.s. representative and governor of virginia , and us minister to brazil .
during the american civil war , he was a general in the confederate states army .
he was the father of u.s. representatives richard alsop wise and john sergeant wise .
