Quotes by Henry A. Wise

About Henry A. Wise:

Henry Alexander Wise 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.
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I will not nullify, I will not secede, but I will under sovereign State authority fight in the Union another revolutionary conflict for civil liberty, and a Union which will defend it.

Henry A. Wise

I have lately returned from Harpers Ferry, to which place I was suddenly called, on the 17th instant, by causes the most disturbing and destructive to the peace and safety of this State.

Henry A. Wise

Author Bio

  • NameHenry A. Wise
  • DescriptionUnited States Congressman and governor of Virginia
  • AliasesHenry Alexander Wise
  • BornDecember 3, 1806
  • DiedSeptember 12, 1876
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer; Diplomat; Historian