Joseph Albert Wright
Born: April 17, 1810
Birthplace: Washington, Pennsylvania
Father: John Wright 1776 – 1825
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana)
Mother: Rachel Seaman 1784 – 1851
(Buried: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Keosauqua, Iowa)
1st Wife: Louisa Cook 1809 – 1852
(Buried: Montezuma Cemetery, Montezuma, Indiana)
2nd Wife: Caroline Rockwell 1812 – 1896
(Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Children:
John Cook Wright 1833 – 1926
(Buried: Montezuma Cemetery, Montezuma, Indiana)
Joseph Albert Wright Jr. 1855 – 1932
Political Party: Democratic Party and Unionist Party
Education:
1825: Graduated from Indiana University
Occupation before War:
1829 – 1843: Attorney in Rockville Indiana
1833: Indiana State Representative
1836: Indiana State Representative
1840: Indiana State Senator
1843 – 1845: United States Congressman from Indiana
1843 – 1845: Member of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee
1844: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1845 – 1849: Attorney in Rockville Indiana
1849 – 1857: Governor of Indiana
1857 – 1861: United States Minister to Prussia
Civil War Career:
1861: Openly supported the Union Cause in September in Indianapolis
Elected United States Senator to replace U.S. Senator Jesse D. Bright.
1862 – 1863: United States Senator from Indiana
1862 – 1863: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1862 – 1863: Member of Senate Public Lands Committee
1863: United States Commissioner to the Hamburg Exhibition
1865 – 1867: United States Minister to Prussia
Died: May 11, 1867
Place of Death: Berlin, Germany
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
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