Francis Mastin Wright
Ohio politician
Died when: 58 years 186 days (702 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Francis Mastin Wright (July 14, 1810 – January 16, 1869) was a Republican politician in the U.S.State of Ohio who was Ohio State Auditor (1856–1860).
Francis Wright was born in Frederick County, Virginia, and ended up in Clark County, Ohio, where he was educated in the country schools.
He was a merchant in Springfield, Ohio and later Urbana, Ohio.He was elected as a Whig for County Auditor of Champaign County.
In 1855, as a Republican, he defeated incumbent Democrat William Duane Morgan for Ohio State Auditor, but declined a second term.
He returned to Urbana in 1860, and was appointed Internal Revenue Collector by President Lincoln.He resigned in 1867 and died at Urbana January 16, 1869.
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