Daniel B. Wright

Daniel Boone Wright (born February 17, 1812 in Mount Pleasant , Giles County , Tennessee , † December 27, 1887 in Ashland , Mississippi ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1857 he represented the first constituency of the state of Mississippi in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Daniel Wright attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1837 at Cumberland University in Lebanon . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1840, he began to practice his new profession in Ashland. In 1850 he moved to Salem, now Hudsonville in Benton County . Wright also practiced there as a lawyer. At the same time he began to work in agriculture.

Politically, Wright became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1852 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he replaced Benjamin D. Nabers on March 4, 1853 . After re-election in 1854, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1857. This period was overshadowed by the political conflicts leading up to the civil war. In 1856 Wright did not run for another term.

After his tenure in Congress was over, Wright returned to working as an Ashland attorney. During the Civil War he was first lieutenant colonel of a cavalry unit of the Army of the Confederate States . Since June 6, 1864, he was a colonel military judge. After the war ended, Wright resumed his old attorney and farming practice in Benton County. He died in Ashland in December 1887.

Web links

• Daniel B. Wright in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel B. Wright in the database of Find a Grave (English)