John Vines Wright

John Vines Wright (* 28. June 1828 in Purdy , McNairy County , Tennessee ; †  11. June 1908 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ), of the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives and in the Konföderiertenkongress represented .

After completing his schooling, John Wright attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville , where he took courses in medicine and law . After graduating from law school, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing in Purdy.

In 1854 he was elected for the Democrats in the House of Representatives in Washington, which he belonged from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1861 as a representative of the seventh electoral district . During the Civil War , Wright served in the Confederate Army as a Colonel in the Tennessee 13th  Infantry Regiment . Later he was also politically active in the Confederation . He was a member of the House of Representatives in the first and second Confederate Congresses .

After the war, Wright served as a judge at the county court of Tennessee and later at the state supreme court, before he worked as a freelance attorney again from 1885. In 1880 he also unsuccessfully applied for the office of governor of Tennessee. As a member of several commissions, he was involved in negotiations with the Indians in the northwestern United States and in the Dakota Territory ; In 1887 he was appointed to the legal department of the General Land Office , where he worked until his death.

Web links

• John Vines Wright in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Vines Wright in the database of Find a Grave (English)