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Wright Families Biographies, Giles Co, TNGenWeb (TNGenNet) (4539 words) |
 | Wright, was seventy-seven years of age when she passed away in Memphis, while the death of her husband, Judge Archibald Wright, occurred in this city in 1884, when he was seventy-six years of age. |
| Wright returned to the United States on leave of absence and at the conclusion of his visit to his native land resumed his post of duty in the Philippines and soon afterward was appointed governor general of the Islands by President Roosevelt as the successor of Governor Taft, who had been made secretary of war. |
| Wright was appointed his successor in the cabinet position and served as such until the close of the Roosevelt administration, when he returned to Memphis and resumed his law practice. |
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