US Congressman, Entrepreneur. He was a United States Representative from the State of New York. He was born one of five children as John McClure Wiley to William Wiley (1801-1880), and his wife Maria Mary McClure Wiley(1816-), in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland, on August 11, 1841. He also had four half-siblings including, Elizabeth Wiley (1827-1903), Lucinda May Wiley (1828-1854), Rankin Wiley (1828-1829), and Andrew Jackson Wiley (1831-1896). He immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1850, and the family settled in Erie County, New York. He was educated locally and attended the local common public schools. Following his education, he engaged in mercantile pursuits and became active in the real estate business in Colden, New York. He then took an interest in politics. He served as a Member of the New York State Assembly from Erie County, New York, representing the 5th District from January 1, 1871, to December 31, 1872. He was preceded in that post by Lyman Oatman and succeeded in that post by Robert B. Foote. He also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from the State of New York in 1880, 1884, 1888, and again in 1892. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative John Baptiste Weber (1842-1926), on March 4, 1889. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served New York's 33rd District (Fifty-First Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1891. He declined to be a Candidate for renomination in 1890. Following his term in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Thomas Lathrop Bunting (1844-1898), on March 4, 1891. In total, he was elected in 1888. After leaving the United States Congress, he was personally appointed by then-President of the United States Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), to serve a term as United States Consul to Bordeaux, France, on April 24, 1897, serving in that post until July 1897. Following his return to the United States, he resided in Jacksonville Florida, during the winner and in Colden, New York, during the summer. He also had a summer residence in Washington, D.C. He also served as a Presidential Elector for the State of New York. During his lifetime, he was also a Member of several prominent organizations and clubs including the Freemasons. He passed away following a long illness in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, on August 13, 1912, two days after turning 71. He had gone to Canada to seek medical attention for a bladder infection and have an operation. Following his death, his funeral services were held at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Buffalo, New York, and in attendance were Members of the Hugh de Payens Commandery, No. 30, Members of the Lake Erie Commandery, No. 20, and Members of the Knights Templar. Following the funeral services, he was buried in the Family Plot in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was married to Virginia Emeline Cooper Wiley (1864-1934), in 1890, the daughter of John James Cooper (1830-1906), a merchant and farmer, who served as the Indiana State Treasurer from 1883 to 1887. The couple had one child together, a son named John Cooper Wiley (1893-1967), who became a prominent Foreign Service Officer a career diplomat and served as United States Consul General in Antwerp, Belgium, from 1935 to 1937, United States Consul General in Vienna, Austria, from 1937 to 1938, United States Minister to Estonia from 1938 to 1940, United States Minister to Latvia from 1938 to 1940, United States Ambassador to Colombia from 1944 to 1947, United States Ambassador to Portugal from 1947 to 1948, United States Ambassador to Iran from 1948 to 1950, and United States Ambassador to Panama from 1951 to 1953. His wife Virginia passed away in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 1934, at the age of 69, and his son John passed away in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 1967, at the age of 73, and they are both buried in the Family Plot in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.