Ashley B. Wright
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| Ashley Bascom Wright | |
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| In office 1893 – 1898 |
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| Preceded by | Charles S. Randall |
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| Succeeded by | George P. Lawrence |
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| Born | May 25, 1841 Hinsdale, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 14, 1897 (aged 56) North Adams, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
Ashley Bascom Wright was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Born in Hindsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on May 25, 1841; died in North Adams, Berkshire County, August 14, 1897. Wright is interred in the Hinsdale Cemetery.
Wright attended public schools and Lincoln Academy at Hinsdale. He moved to North Adams, Massachusetts in 1861. In that year, he was appointed chief deputy collector of internal revenue for the tenth district of Massachusetts in 1861 but resigned from that position in 1865 to engage in mercantile pursuits.
He was the chairman of the Committee on Mileage in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses.
Wright was elected selectman and commissioner for Berkshire County 1884-1887 and acted as chairman for one year. He was a member of the State executive council in 1890 and 1891 before being elected as a Republican to the fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses, serving from March 4, 1893 until his death.
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| Preceded by Charles S. Randall |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district 1893 – 1897 |
Succeeded by George P. Lawrence |
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