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WRIGHT, William Bacon was born on July 4, 1830 in Columbus, Georgia, United States, United States.
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William Bacon Wright
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Came to Paris, Lamar County, Texas, in 1855 to practice law. Little is known of his early life, save that he at one time lived in Alabama. In 1857, he helped to found a Presbyterian male academy in Paris, of which he was the first president, and he became a famous lawyer in northeast Texas.
He was a Democrat. Unlike most residents of Lamar County, Wright was a secessionist, and in December 1860, he was elected chairman of a committee to draw up a plan for the secession of the state. As representative from the Sixth Texas District in the first Confederate House, he served on the Patents, Claims, Enrolled Bills, and Indian Affairs Committees. He was generally an administration supporter.
After his congressional service, he was a major in the Quartermaster Corps, serving under General E. Kirby Smith. He served in the western theatre until the war’s end. After the war, he returned to practice law in Paris and was active in politics in Texas.
In 1875, he was a member of the Judiciary Committee of the Texas constitutional convention. In 1885 he moved to San Antonio and died there on August 10, 1895.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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Political Party
Democrat