Seelig Wise

Seelig Bartell "Bushie" Wise was a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 11th district, from 1964 to 1968. He was the first Republican Mississippi state senator since Reconstruction.

Biography

Seelig Bartell Wise was born on August 7, 1913, in Jonestown, Mississippi. He received a B. S. degree in agriculture from Mississippi State University. He then became a cotton farmer in Coahoma County. He became a Captain in the U. S. Army. In 1964, he became the first Republican Mississippi state senator since Reconstruction when he was elected to represent the state's 11th senatorial district, which consisted of Coahoma County. He died on September 4, 2004, in Jackson, Mississippi.