Hiram A. Wright

Hiram A. Wright
Hiram A. Wright
3rd Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
	In office; January 2, 1854 – May 27, 1855
Preceded by	Azel P. Ladd
Succeeded by	Alfred Constantine Barry
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
	In office; 1853
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
	In office; 1851–1852
Personal details
Born	1823; St. Lawrence County, New York
Died	May 27, 1855; Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Political party	Democratic

Hiram A. Wright (1823 – May 27, 1855) was an American educator and politician from Wisconsin.

Born in St. Lawrence County, New York, Wright moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1846. Wright started the newspaper the Prairie du Chien Patriot in 1848 and he edited The Courier.^[1] He also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. Wright was a county judge. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1853 and in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1851 and 1852.^[1] He was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin.^[2]^[3] Wright died of chronic bronchitis at his home in Prairie du Chien while in office on May 27, 1855.^[1]^[3]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Death of Hon. H. A. Wright". Waukesha County Democrat. June 6, 1855. p. 2. Retrieved November 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Hiram A. Wright, Wisconsin Historical Society
^ ^a ^b "Supreme Court 106 Day of Term". The Daily Milwaukee News. June 2, 1855. p. 3. Retrieved November 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

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