| WRIGHT (Soundex
W623)
— See also
ARKWRIGHT,
BOATWRIGHT,
BOTWRIGHT,
CARTWRIGHT,
CORTWRIGHT,
COURTWRIGHT,
DRUMWRIGHT,
HANDWRIGHT,
HOVEY-WRIGHT,
PARSONS-WRIGHT,
REAT,
REATH,
RHETT,
RIETH,
RIGHT,
RIOTTE,
RITT,
SEAWRIGHT,
WAINWRIGHT,
WANEWRIGHT,
WHEELWRIGHT,
WIGHT,
WRAIGHT,
WREATH,
WRIGHTON,
WRIGHTSMAN,
WRIGHTSON.
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Wright, S. —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1874-76.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, S. A. —
of Chester, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Postmaster at Chester,
Conn., 1885.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, S. M. II —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996.
Still living as of 1996.
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Wright, S. P. —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 27th District, 1862-63; member of California
state senate, 1863-65.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, S. T. —
of Fayette, Fayette
County, Ala.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1912,
1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Sadie —
of Miami, Gila
County, Ariz.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1948,
1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1956.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Sam H. —
of Texas.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1976.
Still living as of 1976.
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Wright, Sam S. —
of Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Sam T. —
of Waycross, Ware
County, Ga.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1950; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Ware County, 1951-52.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Samuel —
of Herkimer
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Herkimer County, 1802-07.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Samuel D.
(1925-1998) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Hilton Head Island, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
13, 1925.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1966-73 (39th District 1966, 37th District
1967-72, 54th District 1973); candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1976.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Convicted
in 1978 of soliciting
a bribe and sentenced to
jail.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Hilton Head, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
20, 1998 (age 72 years, 341
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Samuel G. H. —
of Bergen
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1892-93.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Samuel Gardiner
(1781-1845) —
also known as Samuel G. Wright —
of Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Wrightstown, Burlington
County, N.J., November
18, 1781.
Whig. Merchant;
owner of iron
furnaces; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1845; died in office
1845.
Quaker.
Died near Imlaystown, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 30,
1845 (age 63 years, 254
days).
Interment at East
Branch Cemetery, Cox's Corner, N.J.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Wright, Samuel V. —
of Hollidays Cove (now part of Weirton), Brooke
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hollidays Cove, W.Va., 1941-47.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Scott Olin
(1923-2016) —
Born in Haigler, Dundy
County, Neb., January
15, 1923.
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1979-91;
took senior status 1991.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 11,
2016 (age 93 years, 178
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Seymour —
of Shenandoah, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Republican. Postmaster at Shenandoah,
Pa., 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Sharon —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Mayor
of Santa Rosa, Calif., 2003.
Female.
Still living as of 2003.
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Wright, Sharon —
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Wright, Silas, Jr.
(1795-1847) —
of Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 24,
1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Lawrence County Surrogate, 1821-24; member of New York
state senate 4th District, 1824-27; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; New York
state comptroller, 1829-34; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1844;
Governor
of New York, 1845-47; defeated, 1846.
Died in Canton, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., August
27, 1847 (age 52 years, 95
days).
Interment at Silas
Wright Cemetery, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument at Weybridge Town Center, Weybridge, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thrice
removed of Henry
Merrill Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Ellsworth Goodell; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; fourth cousin of Morris
Woodruff, Martin
Keeler, Marshall
Chapin and William
Dean Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Theodore
Dwight, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Charles
Phelps Huntington, George
Catlin Woodruff, Stephen
Hiram Keeler, Lewis
Bartholomew Woodruff, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, William
Chapman Williston, Zenas
Ferry Moody, Charles
Edward Phelps, Arthur
Chapin and John
Wingate Weeks. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Wright counties in Minn. and Mo. are
named for him; Wright County,
Iowa may have been named for him. |
| | | Wright Peak,
in the Ardirondack Mountains, Essex
County, New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until
1913. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Wright, Silas A. —
People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Silas H. —
of Michigan.
Born in New York.
U.S. Consular Agent in Medellin, 1908-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Silas P. —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Republican. Mayor
of Wilmington, N.C., 1897-98; resigned 1898; forced from office
as mayor at gunpoint during the Wilmington insurrection, November 10,
1898.
Burial location unknown.
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Skelly See James
Skelly Wright |
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Wright, Smith (b. 1823) —
of St. George, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Williston, Chittenden
County, Vt., March 8,
1823.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1852-53, 1860-61, 1884 (St.
George 1852-53, 1860-61, Williston 1884); postmaster;
member of Vermont
state senate from Chittenden County, 1886.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Smithson E. —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1843-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Solomon W. —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1870.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Stephanie —
of Washington.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
2000.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Wright, Steve —
of Churchville, Harford
County, Md.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Wright, Stewart Alton
(1904-1963) —
also known as Stewart A. Wright —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Berkeley
County, W.Va., August
27, 1904.
Democrat. Railroad
carman; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1949-56.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Died February
9, 1963 (age 58 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William E. Wright and Carrie Davis (Hooper) Wright; married, December
23, 1933, to Sybil Armintha Hook. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Wright, T. A. —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, T. Christopher —
Grass Roots candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Wright, T. J. —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 10th District, 1863-65.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Thomas —
of California.
Member of California
state assembly 20th District, 1861-62.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Thomas —
of Rockland
County, N.Y.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1915.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas See J.
Thomas Wright |
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Wright, Thomas
(1887-1975) —
of Benicia, Solano
County, Calif.
Born February
15, 1887.
Mayor
of Benicia, Calif., 1953-56.
Died August
6, 1975 (age 88 years, 172
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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Wright, Thomas —
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Utah.
Still living as of 2012.
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Wright, Thomas B. —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio.
Republican. Mayor
of Mansfield, Ohio, 1950-53.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Thomas C., Jr. —
of Victoria, Lunenburg
County, Va.
Republican. Elected Virginia
state house of delegates 61st District 2011.
Still living as of 2011.
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Wright, Thomas J. J. —
Dry candidate for delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Thomas Kenneth (b.
1908) —
Born in Pawtucket, Providence
County, R.I., June 11,
1908.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Malaya, 1957; U.S. Ambassador to Mali, 1960.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Thomas S. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Thomas W. —
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Wright, Thruston —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Wright, Tim —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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| | Wright, Tom
See J.
Tom Wright |
| | Wright, Tom
See H.
Tom Wright |
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Wright, Tom —
of near Lennon, Genesee
County, Mich.
Republican. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 51st District, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Wright, Tony —
Libertarian. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1988.
Still living as of 1988.
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Wright, Trenton E. —
of Windham, Windham
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for first
selectman of Windham, Connecticut, 1989.
Still living as of 1989.
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Wright, Turbutt
(1741-1783) —
of Maryland.
Born near Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., February
5, 1741.
Delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781-82; member of
Maryland state legislature, 1781-82.
Episcopalian.
Died near Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., 1783
(age about
42 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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Wright, Turner —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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