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==Biography==
Wilde was born in [[Dublin, Ireland]], in 1789 to Richard Wilde and Mary Newitt, but came to America at age eight<ref name = "adv">"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11674DF65FA1BB88&p_docnum=1&s_dlid=DL0108022818405308922&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2012%2F14%2F2015%2011%3A59%20PM&s_subexpires=12%2F14%2F2015%2011%3A59%20PM&s_username=freeuser&s_accountid=AC0107071613143204025&s_upgradeable=no Old New Haven]", Juliet Lapidos, ''[[The Advocate]]{{Disambiguation needed|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}'', March 17, 2005</ref> and moved to [[Augusta, Georgia]], in 1802. His brother was Judge John W. Wilde, a judge of Augusta, Georgia. He was a businessman and studied law. After gaining admittance to the state [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1809, Wilde practiced law in Augusta. He served as the solicitor general of the superior court of [[Richmond County, Georgia]], and was also the attorney general of Georgia from 1811 to 1813 as a result of holding the Richmond County position.
In 1814, Wilde was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] Representative to the [[14th United States Congress]] and served one term from March 4, 1815 until March 3, 1817, as he lost his reelection campaign in 1816. Upon [[Thomas W. Cobb]]'s resignation, Wilde successfully ran as a Crawford Republican to fill that seat in the [[18th United States Congress|18th Congress]] and served only a month from February 7, 1825, to March 3, 1825. After several more unsuccessful Congressional campaigns in 1824 and 1826, Wilde ran again in 1827 as a Jacksonian to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[John Forsyth (politician)|John Forsyth]] and won election to fill that term. He was reelected to three additional terms ([[21st United States Congress|21st]], [[22nd United States Congress|22nd]] and [[23rd United States Congress|23rd]] Congresses) in that seat and served from November 17, 1827, to March 3, 1835.
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