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Wright, George Grover

lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born March 24, 1820, in Bloomington, Ind. He moved to Iowa territory in 1840; served as prosecuting attorney in 1847; and was elected to the state senate in 1849. In 1854 he was chosen chief justice of the supreme court of the state; and was elected to the same office by the people in 1860 and 1865. He was a professor in the law department of the state university for six years from 1865. He was elected to the United States senate for the term commencing in 1871 and ending in 1877. In 1890-92 he was president of the American Bar association.