Speech Of J. A. Wright, Of Indiana: On The Discharge Of State Prisoners (1862)
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Address Of His Excellency, Joseph A. Wright, Governor Of The State Of Indiana: Pronounced At The New York Agricultural State Fair At Elmira, October 5, 1855. Published By Order Of The Society
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Address Of His Excellency, Joseph A. Wright, Governor Of The State Of Indiana: Pronounced At The New York Agricultural State Fair At Elmira, October 5, 1855. Published By Order Of The Society
Joseph Albert Wright
Van Benthuysen, printer, 1855., 1855
Technology & Engineering; Agriculture; General; Agriculture; Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General
Joseph Albert Wright was the 10th Governor of the U. S. state of Indiana from December 5, 1849 to January 12, 1857.
Background
Joseph A. Wright was born on April 17, 1810, at Washington, Pennsylvania, of English-Welsh descent. He was the son of John Wright and Rachel Seaman, and a brother of George Grover Wright. He removed with his parents to Bloomington, Indiana, about 1819, and there assisted his father in a brick yard until the latter's death in 1823.
Education
After two years at the state seminary (later Indiana University), he began the study of law in Bloomington in 1825.
Career
Wright was admitted to the bar in 1829, and the same year removed to Rockville, Parke County, to begin practice. After two terms in the Indiana House of Representatives (1833, 1836) and one in the state Senate (1839), he served one term (1843 - 1845) in the national House of Representatives. His principal speeches were on the subject of the tariff, in which he made a forceful plea in behalf of the consumer, in behalf of the right of petition and in favor of the construction of a canal across Central America to connect the Atlantic with the Pacific. Defeated for reëlection to Congress, in 1849 he was elected governor of Indiana and in 1852 was reëlected. He served from December 1849 to January 1857. As governor, Wright's most determined efforts were directed toward raising the standard of living of the farmers. The State Agricultural Society and the State Board of Agriculture were organized, and he recommended the organization of county agriculture societies and legislation to promote the diffusion of popular and scientific knowledge among the farmers. He also recommended legislation for the regulation of the liquor traffic, urged the improvement of wagon roads by grading and drainage, and proposed the appointment of a commission to regulate the promoting, building, and operation of railroads. Wright was appointed by President Buchanan (June 1, 1857) minister of the United States to Prussia. At this post he was persistent in activities for the protection of naturalized citizens of the United States, of German origin, especially from the operation of Prussian laws relative to military service. He was more successful in procuring German agricultural publications for distribution in the United States, and arranged for the exchange of German and American seeds. Before his departure from Berlin when recalled in May 1861 he sought a proclamation by the Prussian government disapproving the course taken by the Confederate States. In February 1862 he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the expulsion of Jesse D. Bright and served until January 1863. He was re-appointed minister to Germany, June 30, 1865, and served until his death on May 11, 1867, in Berlin, Prussia (now Germany).
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Membership
Joseph Albert Wright was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th district and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives.
Personality
Joseph A. Wright was a tall man with agreeable features, strong clear voice, and fluent tongue.
Connections
On November 30, 1831, Joseph A. Wright married Louisa Cook, the daughter of a wealthy local farmer. The couple had a son, but Louisa's poor health and several bouts with malaria prevented her from having more children, leading them to adopt a daughter in 1832.
Louisa died on May 21, 1852, from malaria. Wright remarried to Harriet Burbridge on August 15, 1854, and the couple had one daughter, Harriet (died in October 1855).