John Crafts Wright

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John Crafts Wright (August 17, 1783 – February 13, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a journalist. He was the brother-in-law of Benjamin Tappan, U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1839 to 1845.

Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, Wright completed preparatory studies and then learned the trade of printer. He moved to Troy, New York, and edited the Troy Gazette for several years. He studied law at Litchfield Law School. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1809. United States district attorney in 1817.

Wright was elected to the Seventeenth Congress, but resigned on March 3, 1821, before the beginning of the congressional term. Elected again to the Eighteenth Congress, he began his service in that body as a National Republican, and continued to serve in the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses, his three terms running from March 4, 1823, through March 4, 1829. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress.

Wright was elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1831 and served until February 2, 1835, when he resigned. In 1833, Wright, along with Edward King and Timothy Walker, founded the Cincinnati Law School, the first law school in the West. He moved to Cincinnati in 1835 and engaged in newspaper work, and for thirteen years published the Cincinnati Gazette. He served as director of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad. He served as delegate to and honorary president of the Peace conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war, and died while serving in that capacity at Washington, D.C., February 13, 1861. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Wright married Mary Morton in Jefferson County, Ohio on July 7, 1814. They raised four children.

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US Congressman. He was raised in Connecticut and apprenticed as a printer before moving west to Troy, New York and became editor of the Troy Gazette. He later returned to Connecticut and studied law at Litchfield where he earned a degree. He moved to Steubenville, Ohio, was admitted to the bar in 1809, and began to practice law as an attorney. He was appointed as the United States District Attorney in 1817 and was elected to the 17th United States Congress in 1820 but resigned before his term began. He was elected to Congress again in 1822 to represent Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, and served three consecutive terms from 1823 to 1829. He was defeated in 1828 while attempting to run for a fourth term. In 1831, he was elected to the Ohio Supreme Court and served four years until his resignation in 1835. He then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to work in the newspaper business as publisher of the Cincinnati Gazette. He also became director of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad Company and a founding member of the Cincinnati Law School. He returned to politics in 1861, as a delegate and honorary president of the Peace Congress in Washington D.C. to prevent civil war in the United States. He died during negotiations on February 13th, two months before the peace talks failed and the war began.

Bio by: K Guy
from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18512470/john-crafts-wright