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==Political career==

==Political career==

Wheeler's rise to politics began as a Whig, under such party affiliation serving as Franklin County's district attorney in the late 1840s.<ref name=senate.govbio>[https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/wheeler-william.htm About the Vice President | William A. Wheeler, 19th Vice President (1877-1881)]. ''United States Senate''. Retrieved November 21, 2021.</ref> He was later elected to the state legislature, and joined the newly formed Republican Party in the 1850s.

Wheeler's rise to politics began as a Whig, under such party affiliation serving as Franklin County's district attorney in the late 1840s.<ref name=senate.govbio>[https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/wheeler-william.htm About the Vice President | William A. Wheeler, 19th Vice President (1877-1881)]. ''United States Senate''. Retrieved November 21, 2021.</ref> He was later elected to the state legislature, and joined the newly formed [[Republican Party]] in the 1850s.

===U.S. House of Representatives===

===U.S. House of Representatives===