Wright, Edwin R. V
lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Jan. 2, 1812, in Hoboken, N. J. In 1843 he was elected to the New Jersey state senate, and was a leading advocate of the present free school system of the state. In 1851 he was appointed district attorney for Hudson county, and held the office for five years; He was also a major-general of militia for several years, commanding the second division of the state. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the thirty-ninth congress. He died Jan. 19, 1871, in Jersey City, N. J.