George Wylie | |
State: | Wisconsin |
State Senate: | Wisconsin |
District: | 27th |
Term Start: | January 5, 1903 |
Term End: | January 7, 1907 |
Predecessor: | William G. Bissell |
Successor: | Charles L. Pearson |
State Assembly1: | Wisconsin |
District1: | Columbia 2nd |
Term Start1: | January 4, 1897 |
Term End1: | January 7, 1901 |
Predecessor1: | Joseph Sanderson |
Successor1: | Lynn N. Coapman |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1848 |
Birth Place: | Campbeltown, Scotland, UK |
Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Windsor Congregational Cemetery, |
Spouse: | Ida Carpenter |
George Wylie (January 6, 1848December 8, 1926) was a Scottish American immigrant, livestock farmer, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1903, 1905) and State Assembly (1897, 1899), representing Columbia and Sauk counties.[1]
Wylie was born on January 6, 1848, in Campbeltown, Scotland.[2] Around 1857,[2] he emigrated with his parents to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, before moving to a farm in Leeds, Wisconsin, in 1864. After retiring from farming, Wylie settled in Morrisonville, Wisconsin.
He married Ida Carpenter Wylie (1852–1930) in 1884,[2] with whom he had a son. Wylie died on December 8, 1926, in Madison, Wisconsin.[2] He was buried at Windsor Congregational Cemetery in Windsor, Wisconsin.[3]
Wylie was a member of the Assembly in 1897 in 1899 and of the Senate from 1903 to 1904. In addition, he was a member of the county board of Columbia County, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.