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This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (February 2011) Frank George Wisner II (born 1938) is an American businessman and former diplomat. He is the son of Frank Wisner (1909 – 1965). On 31 January 2011, he was sent to Egypt by President Barack Obama to negotiate a resolution to the popular protests against the regime that have swept the country.[1] A White House spokesman said that Wisner had vast experience in the region as well as close relationships with many Egyptians in and out of government. The New York Times reports that he is a personal friend of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.[2] Speaking on the BBC on February 5, 2011, he exceeded statements issued by the White House to date and insisted that President Mubarak should be allowed to remain in office despite widespread calls for him to step down. Wisner was born in New York on 2 July 1938. He attended Woodberry Forest School, and then attended Princeton University, graduating in 1961. He joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer in December of that year. In 1976, at the beginning of the Carter administration, he served under Cyrus Vance as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State. Among his overseas assignments, Wisner served as the United States Ambassador to Zambia (1979-82); Egypt (1986-91), the Philippines (1991-92), and India, 1994-97. After retiring from government service in 1997, Wisner joined the board at a subsidiary of Enron, the former energy company. He is also on the board of Hakluyt & Company, a British corporate investigation firm. In late 2002, Wisner co-chaired an independent working group which developed a model for the US's post-conflict role in Iraq, should an invasion occur. Their published recommendations included: establishment of law and order through the retraining of the Iraqi army, focusing on the distribution of humanitarian assistance and reestablishment of vital services, and the importance of avoiding the appointment of exiled Iraqi opposition leaders to dominant positions in the new government.[3] Wisner is an Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the National Security Network, and on the board of Refugees International.[4] Currently he's a member of the board for EOG Resources Inc.

2011 Egypt protests Wisner was involved in a diplomatic gaffe during the pro-democracy uprising in Egypt in early 2011. The Obama administration asked Wisner to carry views to Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, including advice that Mubarak should resign to defuse the crisis. Wisner was not successful in convincing the dictator of the wisdom of the administration's suggestions. Just 4 days later, after a day in which Mubarak allies took violent reprisal against democracy activists, Wisner spoke to a security conference in Europe and called it "crucial" that Mubarak stay on in the interest of "stability", in direct contradiction of the American policy he had been asked to convey. The State Department immediately disavowed his comments and disparaged his previous role, saying he had not served as envoy, but merely as an available conduit for certain administration views [5] Adding fuel to the furor over Wisner's comments was the fact that after retirement from the diplomatic corps, he had been a highly placed official of a firm that has lobbied on behalf of the dictator, as well as serving on the board of the largest Egyptian bank. [6] [7]

References 1. ^ "Egypt protests - Monday 31 January". The Guardian. 31 Jan 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2011/jan/31/egypt-protests-live-updates. 2. ^ "Obama Urges Mubarak Not to Run Again". New York Times. 01 Feb 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/world/middleeast/02transition.html. 3. ^ "Guiding Principles for U.S. Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq". James A. Baker Institute For Public Policy at Rice University. http://bakerinstitute.org/programs/energy- forum/publications/docs/GuidingPrinciples_USPostConflictPolicy_Iraq.pdf/view? searchterm=wisner. 4. ^ "Press Release". Refugees International. 09 May 2008. http://www.refugeesinternational.org/press-room/press-release/release-refugeesinternational-welcomes-new-board-members. 5. ^ "West Backs Gradual Egyptian Transition". New York Times. 05 Feb 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/world/middleeast/06egypt.html?hp. 6. ^ "Obama turned to envoy". Washington Post. 01 Feb 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2011/02/01/AR2011020106216.html. 7. ^ "US envoy's business link to Egypt". The Independent. 07 Feb 2011. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/revealed-us-envoys-business-link-to- egypt-2206329.html.

External links • Frank G. Wisner bio at the Wharton Global Business Forum • Sourcewatch page • Obama Egypt Envoy Frank Wisner Says Mubarak Should Stay - video report by Democracy Now! Diplomatic posts United States Ambassador to Preceded by Succeeded by Zambia Stephen Low Nicholas Platt 1979 – 1982 United States Ambassador to Preceded by Succeeded by Egypt Nicholas A. Veliotes Robert Pelletreau 1986 – 1991 United States Ambassador to the Preceded by Succeeded by Philippines Nicholas Platt Richard H. Solomon 1991 – 1992 Preceded by U.S. Ambassador to India Succeeded by Thomas R. Pickering 1994 – 1997 Richard F. Celeste Government offices Preceded by United States Department of State Succeeded by Under Secretary of State for Reginald Bartholomew International Security Affairs Lynn Etheridge Davis 1992 – 1993 United States Department of Defense Preceded by Succeeded by Under Secretary of Defense for Paul Wolfowitz Walter B. Slocombe Policy 1993 – 1994 v · d · e Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs of the United States of America Under Secretary of State for Tarr • Donaldson • Maw • Benson • Nimetz • Buckley • International Security Schneider • Derwinski • Bartholomew • Wisner Affairs 1972-1993 Under Secretary of State for Arms Davis • Holum • Bolton • Joseph • Rood (acting) • Control and International Tauscher Security Affairs 1993-Pres. v · d · e United States Ambassadors to India Henry F. Grady · Loy W. Henderson · Chester Bowles · George V. Allen · John Sherman Cooper · Ellsworth Bunker · John Kenneth Galbraith · Chester Bowles · Kenneth Keating · Daniel Patrick Moynihan · William B. Saxbe · Robert F. Goheen · Harry G. Barnes, Jr. · John Gunther Dean · John R. Hubbard · William Clark, Jr. · Thomas R. Pickering · Frank G. Wisner · Dick Celeste · Robert Blackwill · David Mulford · Timothy J. Roemer Persondata Name Wisner, Frank G. Alternative names Short description Aerican diplomat, politician Date of birth 1938 Place of birth Date of death Place of death This article about an American businessperson born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_G._Wisner"

This page was last modified on 12 February 2011 at 17:55. Ambassador Frank G. Wisner II, CIA’s Hatchet Man Takes Control of Egypt - By

Matthias Chang (4/2/11) By Matthias Chang Thursday, 03 February 2011 23:02

The people of Egypt must now prepare for a violent Counter-revolution ordered by President Obama and to be implemented by CIA’s top hatchet man, under the guise of Ambassador Frank G. Wisner II, whose father was the mastermind behind the bloody overthrow of Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953.

The so-called supporters of Mubarak are in fact security officers in plainclothes and have been unleashed to cause confusion, violence and to create fear and instability so as to justify a brutal military response under the pretext of restoring order. The call by El Baradei for a military intervention is most suspicious in the circumstances and the people should be wary.

The people must not be fearful and be prepared to defend themselves and the revolution, so that the moribund and corrupt regime of Mubarak is got rid once and for all.

Expose this insidious plot. THE EUROPEAN UNION TIMES EU Times online newspaper

Top CIA Spy Takes Over Deadly Egyptian Protests Posted by EU Times on Feb 3rd, 2011

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) reports circulating in the Kremlin today state that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has agreed to allow the United States Central Intelligence Agency’s top spy to take over his countries military and police forces in order to stamp out the growing threat to America’s most vital Arab ally in the Middle East. According to these reports, US President Barack Obama phoned Mubarak on February 1st ordering the Egyptian dictator to allow this CIA takeover of Egyptian military and police forces or face “immediate and permanent removal”, a term this report says is a euphemism for “assassination”. Upon Mubarak’s agreeing to Obama’s harsh order, these reports continue, the American President put in charge of Egypt the United States most feared spy, Ambassador Frank G. Wisner II, who the SVR says has been the Egyptian dictators CIA “handler” and best friend for decades. To understand how feared Wisner II is among Russian Intelligence services one has to know that his father, Frank G. Wisner I (1909-1965), was head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in southeastern Europe at the end of World War II, and the head of the Directorate of Plans [now known as the National Clandestine Service (NCS)] of the Central Intelligence Agency during the 1950s. Even more crucial to understand about Wisner I was that prior to joining the CIA he headed the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC) which was a US covert psychological operations and paramilitary action organization. Created as an independent office in 1948 by the US State Department, it was merged with the CIA in 1951. In 1947 Wisner I established Operation Mockingbird, a program to influence the domestic and foreign media. In 1952, he became head of the Directorate of Plans, with Richard Helms (1913- 2002) as his chief of operations. This office had control of 75% of the CIA budget. In this position, Wisner I engineered the toppling of the Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh (1882-1967) in 1953 to instill a dictator, and ousted Guatemala President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán (1913-1971) in a 1954 CIA-backed coup to put in place a military junta. The much feared leader of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, became jealous of Wisner’s growing power and described the OPC as “Wisner’s gang of weirdo’s” and began carrying out investigations into their past. It did not take Hoover long to discover that some of them had been active in left-wing politics in the 1930s. This information was passed to Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957) who started making attacks on members of the OPC. Hoover also gave McCarthy details of an affair that Wisner I had with Princess Caradja (1893-1993) in Romania during the war; Hoover claimed that Caradja was a Soviet agent. Hoover and Senator McCarthy succeeded in forcing CIA director Allen W. Dulles (1893-1969) to dismiss one of his key staff members, Carmel Offie (1909-1972) in 1953 over Wisner’s objections. Wisner I, also, worked closely with Kim Philby (1912-1988), the British agent who was eventually unmasked as a Soviet spy. These SVR reports further link Wisner I with the 1963 CIA-engineered coup against President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), and which cost him his life when in 1965 he attempted to “revise” his testimony before The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (known unofficially as the Warren Commission). On October 29, 1965, however, and prior to his being able to be interviewed again by the Warren Commission, these SVR reports state that Wisner I was assassinated in his own home by his own son, Wisner II with a shotgun blast to the head. Wisner II, who by late 1965, these SVR reports say, was already a seasoned CIA covert agent, was ordered to assassinate his own father, but whose death was labeled a suicide by his use of his son’s shotgun.

General Omar Suleiman (left) with Benjamin Netanyahu (right). Wisner II, in carrying on his fathers “tradition”, these reports continue, engineered the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Muhammad Anwar El Sadat (1918-1981) thus successfully installing the CIA controlled Mubarak as president-for-life over Egypt. Even worse for the Egyptian people was Wisner II’s first “order” for Mubarak to make another of the CIA’s Egyptian agents, General Omar Suleiman his vice president. The next actions taken against the Egyptian people by their new defacto leader Wisner II have been both brutal and predictable as mobs of what are described as government thugs descended yesterday upon thousands of peaceful protesters, and with the death toll in this revolution estimated to be over 300, and just like the 1953 Wisner I-backed overthrow of Iran, Egypt’s Army has “stepped in” to restore calm and order. To the eventual outcome of these events it is not in our knowing, other than to point out the obvious fact, that when the CIA moves in, thousands of innocent human beings will lose their lives so that the dictators and tyrants supported and propped up by the US can continue to rule their Nations with an iron fist. Source Frank Wisner

From SourceWatch

Frank G. Wisner, Jr., Vice Chairman, American International Group, "was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to India on July 5, 1994 and presented his credentials in New Delhi on August 2, 1994, succeeding Thomas R. Pickering. Mr. Wisner holds the personal rank of Career Ambassador, the highest grade in the Senior Foreign Service. Before New Delhi, his most recent assignment was as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, from January 1993 to June 1994. Prior to that, he served as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs from July 1992 until January 1993. "Mr. Wisner served as U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines from August 1991 until June 1992; served as Ambassador to Egypt from August 1986 until June 1991; and served as Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs from April 1982 to April 1986. He served as Ambassador to Zambia from August 1979 to April 1982. "Frank G. Wisner joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer in December 1961, and after Western Arabic Language training in Morocco, was assigned to Algiers. In 1964, he was detailed to the U.S. Agency for International Development in Vietnam. He remained in Vietnam until 1968, serving in succession as Staff Aide to the Deputy Chief of Mission, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Civil Operation, and Senior Advisor to the Vietnamese province of Tuyen Duc. "Returning to Washington in December 1968, Mr. Wisner was Officer in Charge of Tunisian Affairs in the State Department, where he remained until July 1971, when he was named chief of the Economic Commercial Section at the American Embassy in Tunis. He then serviced as chief of the Political Section in Dhaka from July 1973 until March 1974. From March 1974 until April 1975, Mr. Wisner was Director of Plans and Management in the Bureau of Public Affairs in Washington. He then joined the President's Interagency Task Force on Indochina. He was Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Joseph Sisco, from August 1975 until July 1976. Mr. Wisner was named Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs in July 1976, then Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department of State in April 1977. "Frank Wisner was born in New York in 1938. He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. degree in 1961. He is married to the former Christine de Ganay. They have four children." Source: American International Group Biography. • Director, Institute for Middle East Peace and Development • Advisory Board, Partnership for a Secure America • Advisory Board, Egypt's International Economic Forum [1]

"Frank G. Wisner II, co-chairman of a new independent task force report on Afghanistan cosponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society, says the United States is at 'a pivotal moment' in its efforts to keep the government of President Hamid Karzai afloat. Failure in Afghanistan, he warns, would sharply diminish U.S. 'credibility as a peacekeeper in a very troubled age, our ability to build coalitions in the war against terror, and our ability to act as a force for stability and a mobilizer of sympathetic international attention.' "Wisner, a leading expert on South Asia and vice chairman of external affairs at American International Group, says he believes that 'we are going to make some of the belated commitments that should have been made earlier' to save Afghanistan." Source: CFR 2003. He is Emeritus Director of Refugees International.

Frank Wisner: "Vice Chairman, American International Group Inc.; Former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, India, and the Phillippines; Former Undersecretary, U.S. Departments of Defense and State." Trustee Rockefeller Brothers Fund Source: ActivistCash.com.

"On 28 October 1997, Enron Corporation announced the entry of Frank G. Wisner Jr. onto its board of directors. Most of the business press did not find this untoward and it certainly did not emerge as part of the US discussions on corruption at the highest level. Frank Wisner, as we know in India, was the US Ambassador from 1994 until this year and his entry into Enron must be seen in light of the scandal of Dabhol. Enron, like most US corporations, uses its close association with the state (both its elected and bureaucratic arms) for its own ends. US campaigns are financed by corporations whose money not only enables politicians to win elections, but it also buys businesses the state's power both for domestic subsidies and for the use of US power in the international arena.

Frank G. Wisner, Sr.

"Frank Wisner, Jr. was a big catch for Enron Corporation. His lineage is impeccable, since his father, Frank Wisner Sr., was a senior CIA official (from 1947 until his suicide in 1965) who was involved in the overthrow of Arbenz of Guatemala (1954) and Mossadeq of Iran (1953). Wisner Junior was well-known in the CIA and he worked as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs; his current boss, Kenneth L. Lay, Chief Executive Officer of Enron Corporation, also worked for the Pentagon during the US war in Vietnam. With 'economic espionage' as a task for the CIA (see PD, 12 October 1997), there is little doubt that Wisner used this instrument during his long-tenure as Ambassador in Asian nations. A Wisner staffer told InterPress Services this year that 'if anybody asked the CIA to help promote US business in India, it was probably Frank'. "When Wisner was US Ambassador to the Philippines (1991-92), Enron was in the midst of negotiations to manage the two Subic Bay power plants. When Wisner left Manila in July 1992, Enron won the deal and began to manage the plant in January 1993. During Wisner tenure in India, he fought long and hard to secure various deals for Enron. He went so far as to boycott the 'India Power '96 -- Beyond Dabhol' summit, despite being scheduled to give an address (this was part of a US advisory to companies to avoid India for six-months, a pressure tactic on India during the winter of 1995-96). Wisner left India earlier this year only after it seemed like Enron's place was secure." Source: Vijay Prashad, "The Power Elite: Enron and Frank Wisner," circa 2000. See remainder of lengthy article.

SourceWatch resources • Operation Mockingbird External links • Uri Dowbenko, "Power Scam: The Enron-Bush Connection," Conspiracy Digest, 2001. Part 1 of 6 parts continued at bottom of page. Dowbenki is the author of "Bushwhacked".

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This page was last modified on 11 February 2011, at 03:02. THE SURVIVALIST FORUM Surviving Our Oppressive Government and Preserving Liberty « Who is the Real Opposition in Egypt? Egypt’s Revolution: US Imperialism Brought to Heel » Egypt: Washington’s Covert Intelligence Operation By Admin, on February 7th, 2011 Egypt: Washington’s Covert Intelligence Operation by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, February 7, 2011 A mysterious American Envoy, retired US diplomat Frank G. Wisner II was rushed to Cairo on January 31st at the height of the protest movement for top level meetings with Hosni Mubarak. Frank G. and Hosni were close friends, going back to late 1980s, when Frank G. Wisner was ambassador to Egypt (1986-1991). Wisner served as ambassador at the height of the Gulf War. He played a key role in the negotiation of the 1991 agreement which committed Egypt not only to participating in the Gulf War against Iraq but also to a package of devastating macro-economic reforms under the guidance of the IMF. This 1991 agreement was directly dictated by Washington and instrumented through the US embassy in Cairo. Frank G. Wisner was sent to Egypt on the explicit request of president Obama “to negotiate a resolution to the protest movement”. His discussions with Egypt’s president were a prelude to Mubarak’s speech on Tuesday February 1st in which he confirmed that he would not resign as president until the holding of new elections scheduled for the Fall of 2011. In a public statement, Wisner confirmed that Mubarak should be allowed to stay in office. The White House subsequently clarified that this was not a reflection of US policy and that Wisner statement was made in a personal capacity. The meetings behind closed doors between Wisner and Mubarak were part of an intelligence agenda. Washington had no intention of pushing towards a resolution of the protest movement. Its priority was regime change. Wisner’s mandate was to instruct Mubarak not to to resign, thereby contributing to triggering an atmosphere of social chaos and uncertainty, not to mention the deliberate destabilization of Egypt’s monetary system resulting from billions of dollars of capital flight. Frank. G. Wisner II is no run of the mill American diplomat. He is a member of a well known CIA family, son of one of America’s most notorious spies, the late Frank Gardiner Wisner (1909- 1965). Wisner Senior headed the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in Southeast Europe during the Second World War. In the wake of the war, he was put in charge of a number of intelligence operations which in many regards have established the CIA’s modus operandi. His responsibilities included inter alia propaganda, sabotage and media disinformation, etc. He was the architect of Operation Mockingbird, a CIA program which consisted in infiltrating both the US and foreign media. In 1952, Wisner became head of the CIA’s Directorate of Plans, with Richard Helms as his chief of operations. (See Frank Wisner – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) He was also the mastermind behind the CIA sponsored coup which toppled the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran, paving the way for the installation of Mohammad Rez? Sh?h Pahlavi as “Emperor” and puppet head of state. Possibly Related Posts: • CIA Coup-College • Workers Rights: How to Win in Wisconsin and Beyond • The Numbers Behind the Middle Eastern and North African Revolts • Mubarak Toppled by CIA Because He Opposed US Plans for War with Iran; US Eyes Seizure of Suez Canal; Was this the Threat that Forced Mubarak to Quit? • RAYMOND DAVIS-HILLARY’S DIPLOMATIC THUG SWEET & SOUR SOCIALISM 糖醋社会主义 Comradely US Expat in China blogs on the PRC and other socialist phenomena, Empire in crisis, mainstream media malice, and much more…a different kind of "China hand" Egypt: Washington’s Covert Intelligence Operation – Obama’s shady envoy Frank G. Wisner II is son of notorious CIA agent [Globalresearch.ca] by Michel Chossudovsky February 10, 2011 A mysterious American Envoy, retired US diplomat Frank G. Wisner II was rushed to Cairo on January 31st at the height of the protest movement for top level meetings with Hosni Mubarak. Frank G. and Hosni were close friends, going back to late 1980s, when Frank G. Wisner was ambassador to Egypt (1986-1991). Wisner served as ambassador at the height of the Gulf War. He played a key role in the negotiation of the 1991 agreement which committed Egypt not only to participating in the Gulf War against Iraq but also to a package of devastating macro-economic reforms under the guidance of the IMF. This 1991 agreement was directly dictated by Washington and instrumented through the US embassy in Cairo. Frank G. Wisner was sent to Egypt on the explicit request of president Obama "to negotiate a resolution to the protest movement". His discussions with Egypt’s president were a prelude to Mubarak’s speech on Tuesday February 1st in which he confirmed that he would not resign as president until the holding of new elections scheduled for the Fall of 2011. In a public statement, Wisner confirmed that Mubarak should be allowed to stay in office. The White House subsequently clarified that this was not a reflection of US policy and that Wisner statement was made in a personal capacity. The meetings behind closed doors between Wisner and Mubarak were part of an intelligence agenda. Washington had no intention of pushing towards a resolution of the protest movement. Its priority was regime change. Wisner’s mandate was to instruct Mubarak not to to resign, thereby contributing to triggering an atmosphere of social chaos and uncertainty, not to mention the deliberate destabilization of Egypt’s monetary system resulting from billions of dollars of capital flight. Frank. G. Wisner II is no run of the mill American diplomat. He is a member of a well known CIA family, son of one of America’s most notorious spies, the late Frank Gardiner Wisner (1909- 1965). Wisner Senior headed the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in Southeast Europe during the Second World War. In the wake of the war, he was put in charge of a number of intelligence operations which in many regards have established the CIA’s modus operandi. His responsibilities included inter alia propaganda, sabotage and media disinformation, etc. He was the architect of Operation Mockingbird, a CIA program which consisted in infiltrating both the US and foreign media. In 1952, Wisner became head of the CIA’s Directorate of Plans, with Richard Helms as his chief of operations. (See Frank Wisner – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) He was also the mastermind behind the CIA sponsored coup which toppled the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran, paving the way for the installation of Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi as "Emperor" and puppet head of state. Article link here Egypt: Washington's Covert Intelligence Operation by Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, February 7, 2011

Obama's Envoy to Egypt Frank G. Wisner II is a member of a well known CIA family, son of one of America's most notorious spies, the late Frank Gardiner Wisner (1909- 1965), the mastermind behind the CIA sponsored coup which toppled the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran in 1953.

A mysterious American Envoy, retired US diplomat Frank G. Wisner II was rushed to Cairo on January 31st at the height of the protest movement for top level meetings with Hosni Mubarak. Frank G. and Hosni were close friends, going back to late 1980s, when Frank G. Wisner was ambassador to Egypt (1986-1991). Wisner served as ambassador at the height of the Gulf War. He played a key role in the negotiation of the 1991 agreement which committed Egypt not only to participating in the Gulf War against Iraq but also to a package of devastating macro-economic reforms under the guidance of the IMF. This 1991 agreement was directly dictated by Washington and instrumented through the US embassy in Cairo. Frank G. Wisner was sent to Egypt on the explicit request of president Obama "to negotiate a resolution to the protest movement". His discussions with Egypt's president were a prelude to Mubarak's speech on Tuesday February 1st in which he confirmed that he would not resign as president until the holding of new elections scheduled for the Fall of 2011. In a public statement, Wisner confirmed that Mubarak should be allowed to stay in office. The White House subsequently clarified that this was not a reflection of US policy and that Wisner statement was made in a personal capacity. The meetings behind closed doors between Wisner and Mubarak were part of an intelligence agenda. Washington had no intention of pushing towards a resolution of the protest movement. Its priority was regime change. Wisner's mandate was to instruct Mubarak not to to resign, thereby contributing to triggering an atmosphere of social chaos and uncertainty, not to mention the deliberate destabilization of Egypt's monetary system resulting from billions of dollars of capital flight. Frank. G. Wisner II is no run of the mill American diplomat. He is a member of a well known CIA family, son of one of America's most notorious spies, the late Frank Gardiner Wisner (1909- 1965). Wisner Senior headed the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) in Southeast Europe during the Second World War. In the wake of the war, he was put in charge of a number of intelligence operations which in many regards have established the CIA's modus operandi. His responsibilities included inter alia propaganda, sabotage and media disinformation, etc. He was the architect of Operation Mockingbird, a CIA program which consisted in infiltrating both the US and foreign media. In 1952, Wisner became head of the CIA's Directorate of Plans, with Richard Helms as his chief of operations. (See Frank Wisner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) He was also the mastermind behind the CIA sponsored coup which toppled the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran in 1953, paving the way for the installation of Mohammad Rezā Shāh Pahlavi as "Emperor" and puppet head of state. Index to Politicians: Wisner to Witherow WISNER (Soundex W256) — See also BEISNER, CISNEROS, EISNER, ISNER, KISNER, MISNER, PEISNER, REISNER, RISNER, SISNEROS, WASSNER, WEESNER, WEISNER, WHISNER, WIESNER, WINER, WISENER, WISER, WISMER, WISNEWSKI, WISNIEWSKI, WISNIOSKI, WISNOR, WISNOWSKI, WOESSNER. • WISNER: See also Roland Roger Renne; Wilson C. Van Duzer. • Wisner, Charles H. (d. 1915) — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Circuit judge in Michigan 7th Circuit, 1894-1915; died in office 1915. Died July 6, 1915. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, Chauncey W. — of East Saginaw (now part of Saginaw), Saginaw County, Mich.; Bridgeport Township, Saginaw County, Mich. Mayor of East Saginaw, Mich., 1875-77; supervisor of Bridgeport Township, Michigan, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, Colley B. — of Ionia, Ionia County, Mich. Mayor of Ionia, Mich., 1885. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, Frank G. II (b. 1938) — of Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 2, 1938. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, 1979-82; Egypt, 1986-91; Philippines, 1991-92; India, 1994-97. Still living as of 1997. • Wisner, George W. — of Michigan. Whig. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1844, 1846. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, Gilman H. — of Hardin County, Iowa. Elected (Wet) delegate to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hardin County 1933, but did not serve. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, H. J. — of Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1908. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, Henry (1720-1790) — of New York. Born in Warwick, Orange County, N.Y., 1720. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1759-69; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-77; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1777-82. Voted for the Declaration of Independence, but was called away before the signing. Died in Goshen, Orange County, N.Y., March 4, 1790. Interment at Old Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, N.Y. • See also: congressional biography; Govtrack.us page. • Wisner, Henry, Jr. — of Ulster County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Ulster County, 1777-78. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, Henry — of Orange County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Orange County, 1785-86, 1787-89. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, James T. — of Wayne County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Wayne County 1st District, 1855. Burial location unknown. • Wisner, Moses (1815-1863) — of Michigan. Born June 3, 1815. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1854; Governor of Michigan, 1859-61. Died of typhoid fever, January 5, 1863. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Mich. • See also: National Governors Association biography. • Wisner, Polydore B. — Member of New York state assembly from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1802-04. Burial location unknown.

WISNEWSKI (Soundex W252) — See also CYNEWSKI, WISNER, WISNIEWSKI, WISNIOSKI, WISNOR, WISNOWSKI. • Wisnewski, Edward — of Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 2nd District, 1966. Still living as of 1966.

WISNIEWSKI (Soundex W252) — See also ANTONIEWICZ, FEDUNIEWICZ, GOLEMBIEWSKI, GOLOMBIEWSKI, KLIMASKIEWSKY, KURPIEWSKI, LESNIEWSKI, MIEDUSIEWSKI, MISNIK, NIEWIADOMSKI, NIEWOEHNER, PNIEWSKI, SNIEGOWSKI, WISNER, WISNEWSKI, WISNIOSKI, WISNOR, WISNOWSKI. • Wisniewski, Deborah M. — of Parlin, Middlesex County, N.J. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996. Female. Still living as of 1996. • Wisniewski, Joseph — of New Jersey. Communist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. • Wisniewski, Joseph L. — of Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1944, 1948, 1956 (alternate); candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1946. Still living as of 1956. • Wisniewski, Lawrence (1855-1928) — of Foley, Benton County, Minn. Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland), August 4, 1855. Son of John Wisniewski and Katherine (Kruk) Wisniewski; married to Paulina Siegmund. Democrat. Farmer; Benton County Treasurer; member of Minnesota Democratic State Central Committee, 1906-10; candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 47th District, 1911-12; president, State Bank of Foley. Polish ancestry. Died, of pleurisy, in Foley, Benton County, Minn., April 3, 1928. Interment at Foley Cemetery, Foley, Minn. • Wisniewski, Leonard D. — of Wayne County, Mich. Candidate in Democratic primary for Michigan state senate 11th District, 1974; Republican candidate for Michigan state house of representatives 29th District, 1980. Still living as of 1980. • Wisniewski, Lottie — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1980. Female. Still living as of 1980.

WISNIOSKI (Soundex W252) — See also MISNIK, WISNER, WISNEWSKI, WISNIEWSKI, WISNOR, WISNOWSKI. • Wisnioski, Stanley W. — of Chelsea, Suffolk County, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WISNOR (Soundex W256) — See also SNORTON, WASSNER, WEESNER, WEISNER, WHISNER, WIESNER, WINSOR, WISENER, WISNER, WISNEWSKI, WISNIEWSKI, WISNIOSKI, WISNOWSKI, WOESSNER. • WISNOR: See also Benjamin Wisnor Carter.

WISNOWSKI (Soundex W252) — See also KROSNOWSKI, SOSNOWSKI, WISNER, WISNEWSKI, WISNIEWSKI, WISNIOSKI, WISNOR. • Wisnowski, Kristin — of Mitchell, Davison County, S.Dak. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.

WISOFF (Soundex W210) — See also HOWISON, LEWISOHN, LEWISON, MALISOFF, WICOFF, WIKOFF, WISOTSKY. • Wisoff, Myron — of Queens, Queens County, N.Y. American Labor candidate for New York state assembly from Queens County 5th District, 1940. Still living as of 1940.

WISOTSKY (Soundex W232) — See also HOWISON, KAPOTSKY, LEWISOHN, LEWISON, PARISOT, ROTSKOFF, VISOTCKY, WISOFF. • Wisotsky, Abraham — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for New York state assembly from Bronx County 6th District, 1933, 1934. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. • Wisotsky, Mary — of Putnam County, N.Y. Liberal. Candidate for New York state assembly from Putnam County, 1954. Female. Still living as of 1954.

WISS (Soundex W200) — See also EISS, HISS, LEWISS, MISS, STROWISS, SWISS, TWISS, WASS, WEESE, WEIS, WEISE, WEISS, WEISSE, WEISZ, WIESE, WIESS, WISE, WISSA, WISSEL, WISSIG, WISSLEAD, WISSLER, WYSE, WYSS. • Wiss, George E. — of Maryland. Born in Bavaria, Germany. U.S. Consul in Rotterdam, 1861-66. Burial location unknown. • Wiss, Joseph — of Auglaize County, Ohio. Republican. Candidate for Ohio state house of representatives from Auglaize County, 1897. Burial location unknown.

WISSA (Soundex W200) — See also ISSA, WEZA, WISS. • WISSA: See also George Wissa Bey.

WISSEL (Soundex W240) — See also LEWIS, LEWISS, WASLEY, WASSELL, WEISEL, WEISL, WESELY, WESLEY, WESSEL, WESSELL, WESSLEY, WILES, WILLES, WILLESS, WINNEWISSER, WISS. • Wissel, Charles C. — of Evergreen, Queens County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1899-1900. Burial location unknown.

WISSIG (Soundex W220) — See also ESSIG, TAUSSIG, WISS. • Wissig, Philip — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 8th District, 1888, 1890, 1892. Burial location unknown.

WISSLEAD (Soundex W243) — See also BILLINGSLEA, GEISSLER, GISSLEN, NISSLEY, RISSLER, SCHISSLER, SHISSLER, SLEATH, WISS, WISSLER. • Wisslead, Mick — of Macomb, McDonough County, Ill. Mayor of Macomb, Ill., 2007. Still living as of 2007.

WISSLER (Soundex W246) — See also GEISSLER, GISSLEN, NISSLEY, RISSLER, SCHISSLER, SHISSLER, WASLER, WESSLER, WILLERS, WISS, WISSLEAD. • Wissler, Phyllis A. — of Suffolk County, N.Y. Liberal. Candidate for New York state assembly 3rd District, 1966. Female. Still living as of 1966.

WISSMILLER (Soundex W254) — See also ALSMILLER, BENSMILLER, CRISSMAN, GEISSMAN, GROSSMITH, MILLER, NISSMAN, ROSSMILLER, SISSMAN, SMILLIE, WEISSMAN, WEISSMANN. • Wissmiller, Edward L. — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Republican. Candidate in primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District, 1948. Still living as of 1948.

WISTAR (Soundex W236) — See also ENTWISTLE, SWISTAK, TWIST, WESTER, WESTRA, WISTER, WISTERMAN, WISTI, WISTRAND, WOOSTER, WUISTER. • WISTAR: See also Caspar Wistar Bell.

WISTER (Soundex W236) — See also ENTWISTLE, MISTER, SWISTAK, TWIST, WESTER, WESTRA, WISER, WISTAR, WISTERMAN, WISTI, WISTRAND, WITTERS, WOOSTER, WUISTER. • WISTER: See also Samuel Wister Johnson.

WISTERMAN (Soundex W236) — See also ENTWISTLE, HEISTERMAN, SWISTAK, TWIST, WESTERMAN, WISTAR, WISTER, WISTI, WISTRAND. • Wisterman, David — of Putnam County, Ohio. People's candidate for Ohio state house of representatives from Putnam County, 1897. Burial location unknown.

WISTI (Soundex W230) — See also ENTWISTLE, SWISTAK, TWIST, WASTE, WEST, WESTA, WESTE, WIEST, WISETH, WISTAR, WISTER, WISTERMAN, WISTRAND, WOESTE, WUEST. • Wisti, Andrew H. (1932-2002) — of Chassell, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Chassell, Houghton County, Mich., March 16, 1932. Married, September 25, 1952, to Ruth Wayrynen. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Houghton District, 1959-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1964. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Died in 2002. Burial location unknown. • Wisti, Andrew W. — of Michigan. Candidate in primary for Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals 3rd District, 1964. Still living as of 1964. • Wisti, William A. — of Upper Peninsula (unknown county), Mich. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state senate 32nd District, 1942. Still living as of 1942.

WISTRAND (Soundex W236) — See also AHLSTRAND, BACKSTRAND, BECKSTRAND, CANNISTRA, CAPISTRAN, ENTWISTLE, HILLSTRAND, HOFSTRAND, JOSTRAND, KOOISTRA, NORSTRAND, NOSTRAND, OSTRANDER, RAND, SEASTRAND, STRAND, STRANDT, SWISTAK, TRISTRAM, TWIST, VANNOSTRAND, VANORDSTRAND, VANOSTRAND, VINSTRAND, WAHLSTRAND, WISTAR, WISTER, WISTERMAN, WISTI. • Wistrand, Bruce See D. Bruce Wistrand • Wistrand, D. Bruce — of Michigan. Republican. Candidate in primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District, 1950; candidate in primary for Michigan state senate 13th District, 1952. Still living as of 1952.

WISWALL (Soundex W240) — See also GRISWALD, GROSSWALD, NEISWANGER, NISWANDER, OSWALD, OSWALDO, PATSWALD, SWALLOW, SWALM, WALL, WISEWELL, WISWELL. • Wiswall, Frank L. — of Watervliet, Albany County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany County, N.Y. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1920; member of New York state senate 30th District, 1921-22; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. • Wiswall, Leon E. — of Marlborough, Cheshire County, N.H. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Marlborough; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. • Wiswall, Oliver — of Hudson, Columbia County, N.Y. Mayor of Hudson, N.Y., 1827-28; member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1830. Burial location unknown. • Wiswall, R. D. — of Vancouver, Clark County, Wash. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1920. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WISWELL (Soundex W240) — See also BEISWENGER, CRISWELL, WISEWELL, WISWALL. • Wiswell, Andrew P. (d. 1906) — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1884; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1893-1900; appointed 1893; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1900-06; died in office 1906. Died December 4, 1906. Burial location unknown. • Wiswell, James A. — of Blue Earth County, Minn. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1862-64, 1872 (17th District 1862-64, 14th District 1872). Burial location unknown. • Wiswell, M. P. — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1932. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. • Wiswell, T. C. — of Washington. Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington at-large, 1904. Burial location unknown.

WIT (Soundex W300) — See also HIT, WEET, WHEAT, WHITE, WHITT, WHYTE, WIATT, WIETHE, WIGHT, WITT, WITTE, WYATT, WYETH, WYTHE. • Wit, Roger — of St. Clair Shores, Macomb County, Mich. U.S. Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976. Still living as of 1976.

WITBECK (Soundex W312) — See also BECK, WHITBECK, WITBRO. • WITBECK: See also William Francis Quinn. • Witbeck, Billy — of Michigan. American candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1980. Still living as of 1980. • Witbeck, Illa Belle — of Michigan. American candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1980. Female. Still living as of 1980.

WITBRO (Soundex W316) — See also WESTBROCK, WESTBROOK, WHITBREAD, WITBECK, WITTBRODT. • Witbro, Paula — of Wisconsin. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 2000. Female. Still living as of 2000.

WITCHER (Soundex W326) — See also BRITCHER, CRITCHER, HURWITCH, KRULEWITCH, LEITCHER, NITCHER, NORWITCH, PITCHER, PRITCHERT, TWITCHELL, WHITACRE, WHITAKER, WHITCHER, WHITEAKER, WHITICAR, WHITTAKER, WICHERT. • WITCHER: See also F. Witcher McCullough. • Witcher, John Seashoal (1839-1906) — also known as John S. Witcher — of Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Cabell County, Va. (now W.Va.), July 15, 1839. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1866; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1867-69; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1869-71. Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, July 8, 1906. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. • See also: congressional biography; Govtrack.us page. • Witcher, Kenneth — of Red Boiling Springs, Macon County, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1972. Still living as of 1972. • Witcher, W. C. — of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 13th District, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1936 (alternate), 1940 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WITHALL (Soundex W340) — See also CEITHAMEL, HALL, ITHA, ITHAI, ITHAMAR, LITHANGIA, MITHANI, ROSENTHALL, SOUTHALL, TABITHA, THALLHEIMER, TOLEITHA, WALTHALL, WHITAL, WHITHAM, WHITLA, WHITTALL, WHITTEL, WITHAM, WRATHALL. • Withall, Ernest — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Married to Edith Withall. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.

WITHAM (Soundex W350) — See also CEITHAMEL, ITHA, ITHAI, ITHAMAR, LITHANGIA, MITHANI, TABITHA, TOLEITHA, WATMOUGH, WHITHAM, WHITTAM, WITHALL, WITHEM. • WITHAM: See also William Lincoln Walker. • Witham, A. Ray — of Alhambra, Los Angeles County, Calif. Mayor of Alhambra, Calif., 1950-51. Still living as of 1951. • Witham, Alphonso N. — of Maine. Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1908. Burial location unknown. • Witham, Ray See A. Ray Witham • Witham, Mrs. Robert C. — of Richmond, Va. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972. Female. Still living as of 1972.

WITHEE (Soundex W300) — See also DOROTHEE, HEWIT, HEWITT, MATHEE, MATTHEEUSSEN, THEEMLING, THEETGE, WATTIE, WETTAW, WHITE, WHITTOW, WHITTY, WITHEY, WITTY. • Withee, Floyd — of Calhoun County, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District, 1930. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. • Withee, Levi — of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wis. Republican. Member of Wisconsin state senate, 1893-99. Burial location unknown.

WITHEM (Soundex W350) — See also EFTHEMIOS, LATHEM, LEATHEM, PARTHEMER, PARTHEMOS, STITHEM, THEMIS, WATMOUGH, WHITHAM, WHITTAM, WITHAM. • Withem, Ron — of Papillion, Sarpy County, Neb. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1996. Still living as of 1996.

WITHERBEE (Soundex W361) — See also ELLERBEE, KAMFERBEEK, LEATHERBERRY, LEATHERBURY, WEATHERBEE, WEATHERBIE, WEATHERBY, WETHERBEE, WETHERBY, WITHERBY, WITHERED, WITHERELL, WITHERILL, WITHEROW, WITHERS, WITHERSPOON, WITHERSTINE, WOLTERBEEK. • Witherbee, Austin B. — of Flint, Genesee County, Mich. Mayor of Flint, Mich., 1867-68. Burial location unknown. • Witherbee, Curley — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1952. Still living as of 1952. • Witherbee, E. E., Jr. — of Albany, Dougherty County, Ga. Mayor of Albany, Ga., 1953. Still living as of 1953. • Witherbee, Frank S. — of Port Henry, Essex County, N.Y. Brother of Mary Witherbee (who married Wallace Turner Foote, Jr.). Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900. Burial location unknown. • Witherbee, Walter C. — of Port Henry, Essex County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912 (alternate), 1916. Entombed at Union Cemetery, Port Henry, N.Y.

WITHERBY (Soundex W361) — See also ERBY, LEATHERBERRY, LEATHERBURY, WEATHERBEE, WEATHERBIE, WEATHERBY, WETHERBEE, WETHERBY, WITHERBEE, WITHERED, WITHERELL, WITHERILL, WITHEROW, WITHERS, WITHERSPOON, WITHERSTINE. • Witherby, Anne B. R. — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972, 1988. Female. Still living as of 1988. • Witherby, Oliver S. — of San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Member of California state assembly from San Diego District, 1849-50; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1854. Burial location unknown.

WITHERED (Soundex W363) — See also CATHEREN, CATHERENE, ELEUTHERE, ETHEREDGE, FEATHERER, SHEREDINE, WEATHERHEAD, WETHERED, WETHERELL, WITHERBEE, WITHERBY, WITHERELL, WITHERILL, WITHEROW, WITHERS, WITHERSPOON, WITHERSTINE. • Withered, Jerome — of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 2008. Still living as of 2008.

WITHERELL (Soundex W364) — See also AVERELL, CATHEREN, CATHERENE, CHERELLE, COCKERELL, ELEUTHERE, ETHEREDGE, FEATHERER, GINGERELLA, LITTERELL, PICKERELL, WEATHERILL, WETHERED, WETHERELL, WETHERILL, WITHERBEE, WITHERBY, WITHERED, WITHERILL, WITHEROW, WITHERS, WITHERSPOON, WITHERSTINE. • WITHERELL: See also Thomas Witherell Palmer; Vic Sprouse. • Witherell, Benjamin F. H. — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Uncle of Thomas Witherell Palmer. Delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1857; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1858-66. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. • Witherell, Herbert D. — of Washtenaw County, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1930. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. • Witherell, James (1759-1838) — of Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Massachusetts, 1759. Democrat. Member of Vermont state legislature; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1807-08; resigned 1808. Died in 1838. Original interment at Russell Street Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.; reinterment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. • See also: congressional biography; Govtrack.us page.

WITHERILL (Soundex W364) — See also SHERILL, SHERILYN, WEATHERILL, WETHERELL, WETHERILL, WITHERBEE, WITHERBY, WITHERED, WITHERELL, WITHEROW, WITHERS, WITHERSPOON, WITHERSTINE. • Witherill, Harry D. — of Cornish, Sullivan County, N.H. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives from Cornish; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

WITHEROW (Soundex W360) — See also ELEUTHEROS, MATHERON, PROTHERO, SHEROW, THEROS, THEROW, WATHIER, WATTER, WEETER, WETER, WETTER, WHITTIER, WITHERBEE, WITHERBY, WITHERED, WITHERELL, WITHERILL, WITHERS, WITHERSPOON, WITHERSTINE, WITHROW, WITTER. • Witherow, Mrs. Lou — of State College, Centre County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972. Female. Still living as of 1972. • Witherow, William — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900. Burial location unknown. • Witherow, William P. — of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1944. Still living as of 1944.

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