He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1847 to 1861, and removed to Kingston, New York, the seat of the bench of the Third Judicial District. He was an ex officio judge of the Court of Appeals in 1847–48, 1856 and 1860.
In 1861, he was elected to the New York Court of Appeals on the Union ticket nominated by War Democrats and Republicans, and took office on January 1, 1862. He became Chief Judge on January 1, 1868, but died less than two weeks later.
william, wright, other, people, named, disambiguation, april, 1806, january, 1868, american, lawyer, politician, from, york, chief, judge, york, court, appeals, 1868, born, 1806, april, 1806newburgh, orange, county, yorkdiedjanuary, 1868, 1868, aged, albany, y. For other people named William B Wright see William B Wright disambiguation William B Wright April 16 1806 January 12 1868 was an American lawyer and politician from New York He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1868 William B WrightBorn 1806 04 16 April 16 1806Newburgh Orange County New YorkDiedJanuary 12 1868 1868 01 12 aged 61 Albany New YorkOccupationsLawyerjudgepoliticianLife editHe was born on April 16 1806 in Newburgh Orange County New York the son of Samuel Wright He lived at Monticello New York and was Surrogate of Sullivan County from 1840 to 1844 He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846 He was a Whig member of the New York State Assembly Sullivan Co in 1847 He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1847 to 1861 and removed to Kingston New York the seat of the bench of the Third Judicial District He was an ex officio judge of the Court of Appeals in 1847 48 1856 and 1860 In 1861 he was elected to the New York Court of Appeals on the Union ticket nominated by War Democrats and Republicans and took office on January 1 1862 He became Chief Judge on January 1 1868 but died less than two weeks later He died on January 12 1868 at Congress Hall in Albany New York of kidney disease and was buried at Wiltwyck Cemetery in Kingston New York Sources edit 1 Short bio at Court History 2 Death notice in NYT on January 13 1868 3 Listing of judges with portrait 4 New York Union state ticket in Harper s Weekly September 28 1861 pg 611 The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough pages 59 318 351 and 410 Weed Parsons and Co 1858 External links editWilliam B Wright at Find a Grave Legal offices Preceded byHenry E Davies Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals1868 Succeeded byWard Hunt Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William B Wright amp oldid 1191164672, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
