Representative John R. Wright View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 4/28/1874

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
House: 14 (1872)

Home County: Van Buren

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Brother: George Wright; GAs 2, 3

John R. Wright

Van Buren County

Born February 1, 1814, in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Fourteen General Assembly, and was one of the early settlers of Iowa coming to this state from Indiana at the time when the State was yet a Territory. He was married to Susan L. Lowman.

House District 5

Committees
14th GA (1872)

Standing Committees

Asylum for the Insane