Jonathan Jasper Wright
Jonathan Jasper Wright (February 11, 1840 – February 18, 1885) was an African-American lawyer who served as a state senator and judge on the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina during Reconstruction from 1870 to 1877.
Jonathan Jasper Wright | |
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Jonathan Jasper Wright (c. 1870) | |
| Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court | |
| In office January 30, 1870 – December 1, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | Solomon L. Hoge |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Cheves Haskell |
| Member of the South Carolina Senate from Beaufort County | |
| In office November 24, 1868 – January 30, 1870 | |
| Preceded by | Richard J. Davant |
| Succeeded by | Robert Smalls |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 11, 1840 Luzerne, Pennsylvania |
| Died | February 18, 1885 (aged 45) Charleston, South Carolina |
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