John C. Wright (comptroller)

For other persons named John Wright, see John Wright (disambiguation).

John C. Wright was an American lawyer and politician.

[edit] Life

He practiced at Esperance, New York. He was First Judge of the Schoharie County Court from 1838 to 1843.

He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1843 to 1846.

As a Democrat, he was New York State Comptroller from 1852 to 1853, after defeating Whig George W. Patterson at the state election in 1851.

[1] Political Graveyard
Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 34, 147 and 364; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

Preceded by Philo C. Fuller	New York State Comptroller 1852 - 1853	Succeeded by James M. Cook

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