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| Affiliation | National Republican |
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| Name | John C. Wright |
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Steubenville, Ohio , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
August 17, 1783 |
| Died |
February 13, 1861
(78 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | WRIGHT, John Crafts, a Representative from Ohio; born in Wethersfield, Conn., August 17, 1783; completed preparatory studies; learned the trade of printer; moved to Troy, N.Y., and edited the Troy Gazette for several years; studied law in Litchfield, Conn.; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1809; United States district attorney in 1817; elected to the Seventeenth Congress, but resigned on March 3, 1821, before the beginning of the congressional term
U.S. Representative (DR, NR-OH) 1823-1829; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828. During a U.S. House debate in 1828, Wright introduced the term "the popular vote" in 1828 to describe the aggregate vote for Presidential Electors in the nation.
Ohio Supreme Court 1831-1835
Moved to Cincinnati in 1835 and engaged in newspaper work, and for thirteen years published the Cincinnati Gazette; director of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Co.; delegate to and honorary president of the peace congress held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war, and died while serving in that capacity at Washington, D.C., February 13, 1861; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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