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William H. Wisener (April 22, 1812 – December 24, 1882) was an American politician, active primarily at the state level in Tennessee during the mid-19th century. He served four terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1847–1849, 1851–1855, and 1859–1861), including one term as Speaker (1853–1855).〔 A Southern Unionist, he led the opposition to secession in the House on the eve of the Civil War. After the war, he served in the Tennessee Senate, where he introduced the 13th Amendment for ratification in April 1865.〔 Wisener was the Republican nominee for governor in 1870, but was defeated by the Democratic candidate, John C. Brown.〔 ==Early life and career== Wisener was born in what is now Marshall County, Tennessee, which at the time was still part of Bedford County. He studied law, and moved to the county seat of Bedford, Shelbyville, in April 1835. He joined the burgeoning Whig Party around this time, and began publishing a pro-Whig newspaper, ''The People's Advocate'', in 1836.〔''Centennial Celebration, 4 July 1876, at Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee'' (W.I. Crandall, 1877), p. 29.〕 He sold this paper in 1838 to focus on his law practice.〔(Congressional testimony in the case of C.A. Sheafe vs. Lewis Tillman ) (11 February 1870), ''Congressional Record'' (1870), pp. 247-252.〕 In 1847, Wisener ran for Bedford's seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives, and won by a narrow margin. As Bedford was almost evenly divided between Whigs and Democrats, all of Wisener's electoral victories prior to the Civil War were by margins of less than 200 votes out of about 3,000 cast.〔 He did not seek a second consecutive term in 1849, but ran again in 1851, having received his party's nomination over former congressman Daniel L. Barringer,〔 and was reelected in the general election. In his 1853 reelection bid, he defeated his Democratic challenger, E.N. Bobo, 1,278 votes to 1,103.〔"(Election Returns )," ''Loudon (TN) Free Press'', 5 August 1853, p. 2.〕 He was elected Speaker in October 1853, defeating William Wallace of Blount County by a vote of 43-30.〔(Legislative )," ''Athens (TN) Post'', 7 October 1853, p. 2.〕 Wisener supported funding for internal improvements, judicial reform,〔"(Tennessee Legislature ), ''Nashville Union and American'', 1 November 1853, p. 3.〕 and tax reduction.〔"(Tennessee Legislature )," ''Nashville Union and American'', 3 February 1854, p. 2.〕 He voted in favor of a failed prohibition measure in February 1854,〔"(Tennessee Legislature )," ''Nashville Union and American'', 12 February 1854, p. 2.〕 and delivered a speech in support of a bill that would sell state-owned lands to fund public schools that same month.〔"(Tennessee Legislature )," ''Nashville Union and American'', 16 February 1854, p. 2.〕 In March 1854, he voted for a resolution expressing the legislature's support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act.〔"(The Presidential Campaign in Tennessee )," ''Nashville Union and American'', 20 September 1856, p. 2.〕 Following the collapse of the Whig Party, Wisener, like many Tennessee Whigs, threw his support behind the American Party (Know Nothings). Though he didn't run for reelection after his third term in the House, he served as the 6th district elector for American Party presidential candidate Millard Fillmore in the 1856 presidential election.〔 In May 1857, Wisener presided over the state's American Party convention in Nashville.〔"(Proceedings of the American State Convention )", ''Daily Nashville Patriot'', 2 May 1857, p. 2.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William H. Wisener」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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