Ariosto A. Wiley

Ariosto Appling Wiley (November 6, 1848 - June 17, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, brother of Oliver Cicero Wiley.

Born in Clayton, Alabama, Wiley moved with his parents to Troy, Alabama.He attended the common schools and was graduated from Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia, in 1870.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Clayton, Alabama.He moved to Montgomery, Alabama, the same year and continued the practice of law.He was captain of a Cavalry troop of the Alabama National Guard and later a lieutenant colonel commanding the Second Regiment of Infantry of the Alabama National Guard.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1884, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1896, and 1897.He served in the State senate 1890-1893, 1898, and 1899.He was appointed by President McKinley on June 9, 1898, lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry, and served during the Spanish-American War. Legal adviser and chief of staff to Gen. Henry W. Lawton in Santiago, Cuba, and assisted Gen. Leonard Wood in the establishment of civil government in the eastern Province.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888.

Wiley was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death at Hot Springs, Virginia, June 17, 1908.He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.

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