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font-family:garamond,serif;">Wright, S to T</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <a name="WRIGHT"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>WRIGHT</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/w.html#W623">Soundex W623</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#ARKWRIGHT">ARKWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boarman-bodziak.html#BOATWRIGHT">BOATWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bosa-bouckaert.html#BOTWRIGHT">BOTWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#CARTWRIGHT">CARTWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/corsentino-costas.html#CORTWRIGHT">CORTWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/courts-covode.html#COURTWRIGHT">COURTWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#DRUMWRIGHT">DRUMWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#HANDWRIGHT">HANDWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houstoun-howan.html#HOVEY-WRIGHT">HOVEY-WRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#PARSONS-WRIGHT">PARSONS-WRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#REAT">REAT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reade-rector.html#REATH">REATH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#RHETT">RHETT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#RIETH">RIETH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rigin-riles.html#RIGHT">RIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rilling-ripps.html#RIOTTE">RIOTTE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riter-rivero.html#RITT">RITT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seashoal-sebald.html#SEAWRIGHT">SEAWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#WAINWRIGHT">WAINWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#WANEWRIGHT">WANEWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheelock-whipp.html#WHEELWRIGHT">WHEELWRIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wigginton-wilard.html#WIGHT">WIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/worthy-wriggins.html#WRAIGHT">WRAIGHT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/worthy-wriggins.html#WREATH">WREATH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wrightson-wyant.html#WRIGHTON">WRIGHTON</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wrightson-wyant.html#WRIGHTSMAN">WRIGHTSMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wrightson-wyant.html#WRIGHTSON">WRIGHTSON</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="064.31.21">Wright, S.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-lived.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Charleston County, 1874-76. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="719.42.72">Wright, S. A.</a></b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/saybrook.html#6">Chester, Conn.</a>, 1885. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="914.65.88">Wright, S. M. II</a></b> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/TX.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="996.08.26">Wright, S. P.</a></b> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 27th District, 1862-63; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1863-65. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="799.32.48">Wright, S. T.</a></b> — of Fayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ala. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/AL.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/AL.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="172.15.03">Wright, Sadie</a></b> — of Miami, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/GI-lived.html">Gila County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AZ.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/AZ.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AZ.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="180.50.16">Wright, Sam H.</a></b> — of Texas. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 18th District, 1976. Still living as of 1976. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="595.02.81">Wright, Sam S.</a></b> — of Tipton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/CD-lived.html">Cedar County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IA.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="844.93.83">Wright, Sam T.</a></b> — of Waycross, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WR-lived.html">Ware County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1950; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Ware County, 1951-52. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="330.04.05">Wright, Samuel</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1802-07. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="568.27.93">Wright, Samuel D.</a> (1925-1998)</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y.; Hilton Head Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-lived.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/02-13.html">February 13, 1925</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a>, 1966-73 (39th District 1966, 37th District 1967-72, 54th District 1973); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a>, 1976. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/naacp.html">NAACP</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">Convicted</a> in 1978 of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/bribery.html">soliciting a bribe</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced to jail</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/parkinsons.html">Parkinson's disease</a>, in Hilton Head, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/BA-died.html">Beaufort County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/01-20.html">January 20, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 341 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="076.80.95">Wright, Samuel G. H.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Bergen County, 1892-93. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="268.43.63">Wright, Samuel Gardiner</a> (1781-1845)</b> — also known as <b>Samuel G. Wright</b> — of Imlaystown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Born in Wrightstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-born.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/11-18.html">November 18, 1781</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; owner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">iron furnaces</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 2nd District, 1845; died in office 1845. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Died near Imlaystown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/07-30.html">July 30, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-buried.html#cms00855">East Branch Cemetery</a>, Cox's Corner, N.J.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000769">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411918">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="219.14.46">Wright, Samuel V.</a></b> — of Hollidays Cove (now part of Weirton), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BR-lived.html">Brooke County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/weirton.html#4">Mayor of Hollidays Cove, W.Va.</a>, 1941-47. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="699.16.46">Wright, Scott Olin</a> (1923-2016)</b> — Born in Haigler, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DU-born.html">Dundy County</a>, Neb., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/01-15.html">January 15, 1923</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri</a>, 1979-91; took senior status 1991. Died in Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-died.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2016/07-11.html">July 11, 2016</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 178 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2663&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/wright-scott-olin">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="289.04.71">Wright, Seymour</a></b> — of Shenandoah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/SC-lived.html">Schuylkill County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/shenandoah.html#3">Shenandoah, Pa.</a>, 1865. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="835.55.47">Wright, Sharon</a></b> — of Santa Rosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SN-lived.html">Sonoma County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/santarosa.html">Mayor of Santa Rosa, Calif.</a>, 2003. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="239.06.59">Wright, Sharon</a></b> — Candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/952/74.51.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Silas Wright, Jr."></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="952.74.51">Wright, Silas, Jr.</a> (1795-1847)</b> — of Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Born in Amherst, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/05-24.html">May 24, 1795</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-officials.html">St. Lawrence County Surrogate</a>, 1821-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 4th District, 1824-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 20th District, 1827-29, 1829-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/comp.html">New York state comptroller</a>, 1829-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New York</a>, 1833-44; resigned 1844; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1844/index.html">1844</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of New York</a>, 1845-47; defeated, 1846. Died in Canton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-died.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/08-27.html">August 27, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-buried.html#cms00856">Silas Wright Cemetery</a>, Canton, N.Y.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/AD-buried.html# ">Weybridge Town Center</a>, Weybridge, Vt. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Silas Wright and Eleanor (Goodale) Wright; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#063.59.93">Henry Merrill Wolcott</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#842.60.73">Charles Ellsworth Goodell</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#732.81.53">Elijah Hunt Mills</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#484.35.05">Morris Woodruff</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#541.43.02">Martin Keeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#599.53.72">Marshall Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#013.58.69">William Dean Kellogg</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#542.62.04">Theodore Dwight</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#118.03.57">Orsamus Cook Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merrill.html#001.75.05">Timothy Merrill</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html#437.89.78">Greene Carrier Bronson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#019.97.99">George Catlin Woodruff</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#412.80.96">Stephen Hiram Keeler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#902.99.23">Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#267.40.66">Edmund Gillett Chapin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#381.58.05">William Chapman Williston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moody.html#368.32.81">Zenas Ferry Moody</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#099.83.19">Charles Edward Phelps</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#403.46.98">Arthur Chapin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weeks.html#098.67.90">John Wingate Weeks</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0416.html">Murphy-Merrill family</a> of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Wright counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WR.html">Minn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/WI.html">Mo.</a> are named for him; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WG.html">Wright County, Iowa</a> may have been named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Wright <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Peak</a>, in the Ardirondack Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ES-names.html">Essex County, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Coins and currency</i>: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> on the U.S. $50 gold certificate from the 1880s until 1913.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000770">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411919">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/silas-wright/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas Wright">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/056/000051900">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> New York Red Book 1896</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="274.42.86">Wright, Silas A.</a></b> — People's candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 7th District, 1908. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="059.57.01">Wright, Silas H.</a></b> — of Michigan. Born in New York. U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-consuls.html ">Medellin</a>, 1908-11. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="611.53.92">Wright, Silas P.</a></b> — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-lived.html">New Hanover County</a>, N.C. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, N.C.</a>, 1897-98; resigned 1898; forced from office as mayor at gunpoint during the Wilmington insurrection, November 10, 1898. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Wright, Skelly</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright5.html#449.49.60">James Skelly Wright</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="348.93.74">Wright, Smith</a> (b. 1823)</b> — of St. George, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-lived.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt.; Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-lived.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt. Born in Williston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/CH-born.html">Chittenden County</a>, Vt., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/03-08.html">March 8, 1823</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/sthse.html">Vermont state house of representatives</a>, 1852-53, 1860-61, 1884 (St. George 1852-53, 1860-61, Williston 1884); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/stsen.html">Vermont state senate</a> from Chittenden County, 1886. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="909.09.47">Wright, Smithson E.</a></b> — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/columbus.html">Mayor of Columbus, Ohio</a>, 1843-44. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="245.42.80">Wright, Solomon W.</a></b> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing.html">Mayor of Lansing, Mich.</a>, 1870. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="032.81.75">Wright, Stephanie</a></b> — of Washington. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WA.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="961.94.71">Wright, Steve</a></b> — of Churchville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/MD.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/7763983208/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/416/52.47.jpg" width=70 height=99 border=0 alt="Stewart A. Wright"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="416.52.47">Wright, Stewart Alton</a> (1904-1963)</b> — also known as <b>Stewart A. Wright</b> — of Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-born.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/08-27.html">August 27, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad carman</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Berkeley County, 1949-56. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/02-09.html">February 9, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 166 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William E. Wright and Carrie Davis (Hooper) Wright; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/12-23.html">December 23, 1933</a>, to Sybil Armintha Hook.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> West Virginia Blue Book 1951</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="056.33.53">Wright, T. A.</a></b> — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/TN.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="197.36.99">Wright, T. Christopher</a></b> — Grass Roots candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 5th District, 1988. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="860.13.89">Wright, T. J.</a></b> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 10th District, 1863-65. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="024.77.39">Wright, Thomas</a></b> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 20th District, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="438.37.83">Wright, Thomas</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-lived.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rockland County, 1915. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Wright, Thomas</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright5.html#132.86.94">J. Thomas Wright</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="240.43.88">Wright, Thomas</a> (1887-1975)</b> — of Benicia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SL-lived.html">Solano County</a>, Calif. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/02-15.html">February 15, 1887</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/benicia.html">Mayor of Benicia, Calif.</a>, 1953-56. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/08-06.html">August 6, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SL-buried.html#cms00566">Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery</a>, Vacaville, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/45085497">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="288.66.92">Wright, Thomas</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Utah. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="877.09.51">Wright, Thomas B.</a></b> — of Mansfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, Ohio. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/mansfield.html">Mayor of Mansfield, Ohio</a>, 1950-53. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="479.53.60">Wright, Thomas C., Jr.</a></b> — of Victoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/LN-lived.html">Lunenburg County</a>, Va. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> 61st District 2011. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="286.09.95">Wright, Thomas J. J.</a></b> — Dry candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment</a> at-large, 1933. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="050.88.17">Wright, Thomas Kenneth</a> (b. 1908)</b> — Born in Pawtucket, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-born.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-11.html">June 11, 1908</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MY-diplomats.html ">Malaya</a>, 1957; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ML-diplomats.html ">Mali</a>, 1960. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/wright-thomas-kenneth ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="117.64.22">Wright, Thomas S.</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="981.50.68">Wright, Thomas W.</a></b> — Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 5th District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="763.97.03">Wright, Thruston</a></b> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/PA.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="796.82.19">Wright, Tim</a></b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/IL.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Wright, Tom</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright5.html#842.76.59">J. Tom Wright</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Wright, Tom</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright4.html#752.89.42">H. Tom Wright</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="131.73.40">Wright, Tom</a></b> — of near Lennon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 51st District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="426.98.85">Wright, Tony</a></b> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 6th District, 1988. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="327.44.20">Wright, Trenton E.</a></b> — of Windham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/windham.html#2">first selectman of Windham, Connecticut</a>, 1989. Still living as of 1989. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="552.44.09">Wright, Turbutt</a> (1741-1783)</b> — of Maryland. Born near Centreville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-born.html">Queen Anne's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1741/02-05.html">February 5, 1741</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland</a>, 1781-82; member of Maryland state legislature, 1781-82. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died near Centreville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-died.html">Queen Anne's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/index.html">1783</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-buried.html#cms04857">a private or family graveyard</a>, Queen Anne's County, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright7.html#952.17.18">Robert Wright</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11178.html">Wright family</a> of Queen Anne's County, Maryland.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000771">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411920">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="273.10.51">Wright, Turner</a></b> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/TX.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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