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| honorific-prefix = | name = John Wales | honorific-suffix = | image = Senator John Wales.jpg | imagesize = | smallimage = | office = United States Senator from Delaware | term_start = February 23, 1849 | term_end = March 3, 1851 | predecessor = John M. Clayton | successor = James A. Bayard, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1783|7|31|mf=y}} | birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut | death_date = {{death date and age|1863|12|3|1783|7|31}} | death_place = Wilmington, Delaware | spouse = | party = Whig | residence = Wilmington, Delaware | alma_mater = Yale College | occupation = | profession = Lawyer | religion = }} John Wales (July 31, 1783 – December 3, 1863) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware. Early life and familyWales was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College in 1801. He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1801 and began practicing law in New Haven, and later, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After two years in Baltimore, Maryland, he moved to Wilmington, Delaware, in 1815. Professional careerIn 1814, Wales became a secretary for the Society for the Promotion of American Manufacturers, which was designed to promote and encourage Delaware's manufacturing industry. Wales drafted the by-laws of the Savings Bank in 1832, then served as the president of the Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine from 1824 to 1829. Political careerWales served as the Secretary of State for Delaware from 1845 to 1849, and was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy left when John M. Clayton resigned. Taking office on February 23, 1849, he served until March 3, 1851, having failed in his reelection bid. An abolitionist, Wales served as a Delaware representative to the First National Convention of the Abolition of Slavery along with famous abolitionist Thomas Garrett. When Garrett was tried in 1848 for aiding the escape of a slave family, Wales served as his lawyer. He was also one of the founders of Newark College in Newark, Delaware, now the University of Delaware. Death and legacyWales died in Wilmington and is buried there in the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. AlmanacThe General Assembly chose the U.S. Senators, who took office March 4, for a six-year term. In this case he was completing the existing term, the vacancy caused by the resignation of John M. Clayton.
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