George Washington Wright

George Washington Wright ( born June 4, 1816 in Concord, Massachusetts, † April 7, 1885 in Dorchester, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. In the years 1850 and 1851 he represented the State of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Wright attended the common schools and worked for the newspaper " Boston Courier". Later he was active in Boston in the trade. In 1849 he moved during the Gold Rush to California, where he again worked in San Francisco in the trade. He also became involved in the banking industry and in the mining business. Wright was one of the founders of the bank Palmer, Cook & Co. in San Francisco.

After the accession of California to the Union Wright as an independent candidate in the state- wide discharged elections for the first seat of the State of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 11 September 1850. Rejecting another candidacy, he could only finish the current legislative periods in Congress until March 3, 1851. This period was dominated by discussions on the issue of slavery.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Wright moved completely into the federal capital, Washington, where he acted as attorney for the Choctaw Indians. At that time he was a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854. He also dealt with scientific work. In 1880, George Wright withdrew into retirement, which he spent in Dorchester. There he is on the April 7, 1885 and passed away.