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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn Vines WRIGHT
(1828-1908)
WRIGHT, John Vines, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Purdy, McNairy County,
Tenn., June 28, 1828; completed preparatory studies; attended the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he pursued courses in
medicine and law, graduating from the law department; was admitted
to the bar and commenced practice in Purdy, Tenn.; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-sixth
Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861); during the Civil War
served in the Confederate Army as colonel of the Thirteenth
Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, in 1861; elected to the First and
Second Confederate Congresses; judge of the circuit court of
Tennessee; chancellor and judge of the State supreme court;
practiced law in Nashville, Tenn., 1865-1886; unsuccessful
candidate as an Anti-Repudiation Democrat for Governor of Tennessee
in 1880; was chairman of the Northwest Indian Commission in 1886
and member of the commission to treat with the Great Sioux Nation
in Dakota; appointed to the law division of the General Land Office
in 1887 and served until his death in Washington, D.C., June 11,
1908; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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