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class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Francis Marion Wright</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Francis_Marion_Wright_(US_federal_judge).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Francis_Marion_Wright_%28US_federal_judge%29.jpg/220px-Francis_Marion_Wright_%28US_federal_judge%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Francis_Marion_Wright_%28US_federal_judge%29.jpg/330px-Francis_Marion_Wright_%28US_federal_judge%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Francis_Marion_Wright_%28US_federal_judge%29.jpg/440px-Francis_Marion_Wright_%28US_federal_judge%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="463" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">From 1900's <i>History of Illinois Republicanism</i></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Illinois" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois">United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 17, 1905 – July 15, 1917</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Theodore_Roosevelt" title="List of federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat established by 33 Stat. 992</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._English" title="George W. 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class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(United_States_Court_of_Claims_judge)" title="John Davis (United States Court of Claims judge)">John Davis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fenton_Whitlock_Booth" title="Fenton Whitlock Booth">Fenton Whitlock Booth</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Francis Marion Wright</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1844-08-05</span>)</span>August 5, 1844<br /><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Ohio" title="Adams County, Ohio">Adams County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 15, 1917<span style="display:none">(1917-07-15)</span> (aged 72)<br /><a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum, Urbana, Illinois</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Elizabeth West (m. 1868)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati_College_of_Law" title="University of Cincinnati College of Law">University of Cincinnati College of Law</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Attorney<br />Judge</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United States <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1861–1865</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">Second Lieutenant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/39th_Ohio_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Ohio Infantry">39th Ohio Infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Theater of the American Civil War">Western Theater of the American Civil War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta Campaign">Atlanta Campaign</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Francis Marion Wright</b> (August 5, 1844 – July 15, 1917) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_judge" title="United States federal judge">United States district judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Illinois" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois">United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois</a> and previously was a judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Claims" title="United States Court of Claims">Court of Claims</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Marion_Wright&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Ohio" title="Adams County, Ohio">Adams County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, Wright was the son of James and Elizabeth (Copple) Wright.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated in <a href="/wiki/Bentonville,_Ohio" title="Bentonville, Ohio">Bentonville, Ohio</a> and at the Ohio Valley Academy in <a href="/wiki/Decatur,_Ohio" title="Decatur, Ohio">Decatur, Ohio</a>, and his parents hoped he would study medicine and become a doctor.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Marion_Wright&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1861, Wright enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> for the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, becoming a <a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)#United_States_Army" title="Private (rank)">private</a> in Company I, <a href="/wiki/39th_Ohio_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Ohio Infantry">39th Ohio Infantry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He advanced through the ranks of <a href="/wiki/Corporal#United_States" title="Corporal">corporal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sergeant#United_States" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_major#United_States_Army" title="Sergeant major">sergeant major</a> before receiving his commission as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a>, and served in several battles in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Theater of the American Civil War">Western Theater of the American Civil War</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta Campaign">Atlanta Campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wright participated in more than 40 engagements, and was wounded at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Atlanta" title="Battle of Atlanta">Battle of Atlanta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was discharged at the end of the war in 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war, Wright took part in the activities of several veterans' organizations, including the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_the_Loyal_Legion_of_the_United_States" title="Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States">Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic" title="Grand Army of the Republic">Grand Army of the Republic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-Civil_War">Post-Civil War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Marion_Wright&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his discharge from the army, Wright determined to pursue a legal career rather than a medical one, and began to <a href="/wiki/Reading_law" title="Reading law">study law</a> in the office of Dewitt Clinton Loudon, a <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Ohio" title="Georgetown, Ohio">Georgetown, Ohio</a> attorney and fellow Union Army veteran.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then attended the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Law School">Cincinnati Law School</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati_College_of_Law" title="University of Cincinnati College of Law">University of Cincinnati College of Law</a>), from which he received his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a> degree in 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States" title="Admission to the bar in the United States">admitted to the bar</a> in 1867, and practiced in Georgetown until 1868, when he moved to <a href="/wiki/Urbana,_Illinois" title="Urbana, Illinois">Urbana, Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wright continued to practice law in Urbana, and also became involved in several local businesses, including the First National Bank of Urbana.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wright was one of the bank's original incorporators, and served for many years as its vice president and president.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>, in 1891, Wright was elected judge of Illinois' Fourth Judicial Circuit. After a court reorganization, in 1897 Wright was reelected to the bench, this time as judge of the Sixth Circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his 1897 reelection, the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois Supreme Court">Illinois Supreme Court</a> appointed Wright as a judge of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois Court of Appeals">Illinois Court of Appeals</a>, first from the Second Appellate District, and later from the Third.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served on the appeals court from 1897 until resigning in 1903 to become a federal judge.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_judicial_service">Federal judicial service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Marion_Wright&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Federal judicial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wright was nominated by President <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> on December 2, 1902, to the seat on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Claims" title="United States Court of Claims">Court of Claims</a> (later the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Claims" title="United States Court of Claims">United States Court of Claims</a>) vacated by Judge <a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(United_States_Court_of_Claims_judge)" title="John Davis (United States Court of Claims judge)">John Davis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on January 13, 1903, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on March 16, 1905, due to his appointment to the Eastern District of Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 14, 1905 Wright was nominated by President Roosevelt as a judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Illinois" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois">United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois</a>, filling a new seat authorized by 33 Stat. 992.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the Senate on March 17, 1905, and received his commission the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-FJC_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FJC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His service terminated on July 15, 1917, due to his death in Urbana.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum in Urbana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Marion_Wright&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1868, Wright married Elizabeth West.<sup id="cite_ref-Memorials_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were the parents of five children, three of whom - Royal, Edith, and Lora - lived to adulthood. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Marion_Wright&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Memorials-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Memorials_1-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/memdeccompillinois03furnrich"><i>Memorials of Deceased Companions of the Commandery of the State of Illinois</i></a>. Chicago, IL: Illinois Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal lLegion of the United States. 1923. pp. 401–404.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Memorials+of+Deceased+Companions+of+the+Commandery+of+the+State+of+Illinois&rft.place=Chicago%2C+IL&rft.pages=401-404&rft.pub=Illinois+Commandery%2C+Military+Order+of+the+Loyal+lLegion+of+the+United+States&rft.date=1923&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmemdeccompillinois03furnrich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Marion+Wright" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FJC-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FJC_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJC_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJC_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJC_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FJC_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fjc.gov/node/1390156">Francis Marion Wright</a> at the <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges" title="Biographical Directory of Federal Judges">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></i>, a publication of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center" title="Federal Judicial Center">Federal Judicial Center</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Marion_Wright&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84142282">Francis Marion Wright</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Davis_(United_States_Court_of_Claims_judge)" title="John Davis (United States Court of Claims judge)">John Davis</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <span class="nowrap">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Claims" title="United States Court of Claims">Court of Claims</a></span> </b><br />1903–1905 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fenton_Whitlock_Booth" title="Fenton Whitlock Booth">Fenton Whitlock Booth</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Seat established by 33 Stat. 992</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <span class="nowrap">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Illinois" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois">United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois</a></span> </b><br />1905–1917 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_W._English" title="George W. English">George W. 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