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Representative Samuel Gamble Wright View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 8/24/1894
Birth Place: Adams County, Ohio
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 4 (1852)
Home County: Lee
Samuel Gamble Wright
Lee County
Born February 22, 1817, in Adams County, Ohio. Mr. Wright was a farmer. He served in the Civil War Company C, 36th Infantry service from May 17 through September 23, 1861. He was discharged May 19, 1863, due to disability. Mr. Wright was a Democrat in politics. He represented Lee County in the Fourth Iowa General Assembly, 1852. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wright died August 24, 1894 in College Springs, Iowa.
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House District 1
Committees
4th GA (1852)
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4th GA (1852)