Wright, William
congressman, United States senator, governor, was born in 1794 in Clarkstown, N. Y. He served as mayor of Newark, N. J., in 1840-43; and was a representative in congress from New Jersey from 1843 to 1847. In 1853 he was elected a senator in congress for the term ending in 1859, serving as chairman of the committee manufactures, and that on the contingent expenses of the on senate. In 1863 he was again elected to the senate for the term ending in 1869, serving on the committees on manufactures, public lands, and revolutionary claims. He died Nov. 1, 1866, in Newark.