Samuel G. Wright

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Samuel Gardiner Wright (1781 - 1845) was born in Wrightstown, New Jersey. He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth United States Congress and served from March 4, 1845, until his death near Imlaystown, New Jersey, before the assembling of Congress. He is buried in the East Branch Cemetery, near Imlaystown, N.J. His daughter, Anna Marie Wright, married George F. Fort in 1830. Fort was elected Governor of New Jersey in 1851.


Preceded by
George Sykes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 2nd congressional district

1845-1845
Succeeded by
George Sykes