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Wright, George G. (George Grover), 1820-1896

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Personal name headingWright, George G. (George Grover), 1820-1896
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Variant(s)Wright, Mr. (George Grover), 1820-1896
Birth date1820-03-24
Death date1896-01-11 edtf
Place of birthBloomington (Ind.)
Place of deathDes Moines (Iowa)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupationLegislators Lawyers Judges
Found inAddress of the President [of the American Bar Association], 1888: t.p. (George G. Wright)
Register of graduates and degrees, Indiana Univ., 1931 (Wright, George Grover; AB 1839, LLD (Honorary) 1866; d. Jan. 11, 1896)
OCLC, May 14, 1998 (hdg.: Wright, George G. (George Grover), 1820-1896)
In the Senate of the United States. April 5, 1876, 1876: p. 1 (Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Claims)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed May 11, 2009 (Wright, George Grover; a Senator from Iowa; b. Mar. 24, 1820; d. Jan. 11, 1896; pres. of the Am. Bar Assoc., 1887-1888)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed January 3, 2024: (Wright, George Grover, (Brother of Joseph Albert Wright), a Senator from Iowa; born in Bloomington, Monroe County, Ind., March 24, 1820; attended private schools and graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1839; studied law in Rockville, Ind.; admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Keosauqua, Iowa Territory; prosecuting attorney of Van Buren County, Iowa, 1847-1848; member, State senate 1849-1851; justice of the State supreme court 1854-1870; served as president of the Iowa Agricultural Society 1860-1865; moved to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1865; one of the founders of the College of Law, University of Iowa; professor in the law department of the State university 1865-1871; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Forty-third Congress), Committee on Claims (Forty-fourth Congress); resumed the practice of his profession in Des Moines and also engaged in banking; president of the American Bar Association 1887-1888; died in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 11, 1896; interment in Woodland Cemetery.)
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