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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyEdwin Ruthvin Vincent WRIGHT
(1812-1871)
WRIGHT, Edwin Ruthvin
Vincent, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Hoboken,
N.J., January 2, 1812; completed preparatory studies; engaged in
newspaper work in 1835; editor of the Jersey Blue in 1836, a
newspaper published in Hoboken, N.J.; admitted to the bar in 1839
and commenced practice in Jersey City; lawyer, private practice;
subsequently settled in Hudson City and continued the practice of
law; member of the New Jersey state council in 1843; district
attorney for Hudson County 1851-1855; mayor of Hudson, N.J., in
1855; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4,
1865-March 3, 1867); owing to ill health, was not a candidate for
renomination in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress; died in Jersey City,
N.J., January 21, 1871; interment in Hoboken Cemetery, New Durham,
Hudson County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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