Augustus Romaldus Wright (June 16, 1813 – March 31, 1891) was an American politician and lawyer, as well as a colonel in the

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during the

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Early life

Augustus Wright was born in Wrightsboro, Georgia and attended public school in Appling. Wright attended the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the founding college of the

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where he was a member of the

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. Wright studied law at the

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and was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1835—becoming a practicing attorney in

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,Augustus Romaldus Wright
litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved July 22, 2013. the same year. From 1842 until 1849, Wright served as judge of the superior court of the Cherokee circuit and from 1855 to 1857 as a judge of the superior court of Georgia.

Political career

In 1856, Augustus Wright was elected to the

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and served one term from 1857 to 1859. He later served as a delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention and the Confederate Secession Convention.WRIGHT, Augustus Romaldus, (1813 - 1891)
congress.gov. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

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offered Wright the position of provisional governor of Georgia but Wright declined. Wright subsequently served in the

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. Augustus Wright organized "Wright’s Legion" of Georgia volunteers and served as a

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in the Georgia 38th Infantry Regiment for the

in the

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.Georgia 38th Infantry Regiment
researchonline.net. Retrieved July 22, 2013. After the war, Wright served as a member of the Georgia constitutional convention in 1877. He died in 1891 at his home near Rome, Georgia, and was buried in Rome's

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References

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Early life

Political career

References

See also