Hiram A. Wright

{{Short description|American educator and politician}}

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|order = 3rd

|office = Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin

| term_start = January 2, 1854

| term_end = May 27, 1855

| predecessor = Azel P. Ladd

| successor = Alfred Constantine Barry

|office1 = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

| term1 = 1853

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|state_senate2 = Wisconsin

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| term_start2 = 1851

| term_end2 = 1852

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|party = Democratic

|birth_date = 1823

|birth_place = St. Lawrence County, New York

|death_date = May 27, 1855

|death_place = Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

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Hiram A. Wright (1823 – May 27, 1855) was an American educator and politician from Wisconsin.

Born in St. Lawrence County, New York, Wright moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1846. Wright started the newspaper the Prairie du Chien Patriot in 1848 and he edited The Courier.{{cite news|title=Death of Hon. H. A. Wright |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25492583/hiram_a_wright_18231855/ |newspaper=Waukesha County Democrat |date=June 6, 1855 |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = November 18, 2018 }} {{Open access}} He also studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. Wright was a county judge. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1853 and in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1851 and 1852. He was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2106&search_term=wright |title=Hiram A. Wright, Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=2011-04-27 |archive-date=2012-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107031458/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2106&search_term=wright |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|title=Supreme Court 106 Day of Term |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25492496/hiram_a_wright_18231855/ |newspaper=The Daily Milwaukee News |date=June 2, 1855 |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = November 18, 2018 }} {{Open access}} Wright died of chronic bronchitis at his home in Prairie du Chien while in office on May 27, 1855.