James A. Wright

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James Assion Wright (August 11, 1902–November 7, 1963) was an American lawyer from Pennsylvania who served in the U.S. Congress from 1941 to 1945.

James A. Wright was born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1923 and from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1927. He served as assistant county solicitor of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from 1935 to 1941.

Wright was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh and Seventy-eighth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944.

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• James A. Wright at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Matthew A. Dunn	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 34th congressional district 1941-1943	Succeeded by District Eliminated
Preceded by Herman P. Eberharter	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district 1943-1945	Succeeded by Herman P. Eberharter