George G. Wright

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(March 24, 1820 — January 11, 1896) Wright was a professor, lawyer, and politician. George Grover Wright was born in Bloomington, Indiana and moved to Iowa in 1840. He graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington and was admitted to the bar in 1840. After moving to Iowa, Wright practiced law and served as a member of the State Senate from 1849 to 1851. In 1854, he was appointed justice of the State Supreme Court and served until 1870. Wright helped found the College of Law and the University of Iowa and worked as a professor of law from 1865 to 1871. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate during the Forty-Second, Forty-Third, and Forty-Fourth Congresses from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000759]

Member of Iowa Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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