Bio of WRIGHT, Frederick B., Sr. (b.1856), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 122-125
FREDERICK B. WRIGHT, SR.
Frederick B. Wright, Sr., attorney at law and member of the Minneapolis bar
since 1883, was born in Coos county, New Hampshire, January 17, 1856. Both his
father and his grandfather bore the name of Beriah Wright, and the latter served
as a captain in the War of 1812. The father was a farmer by occupation, his life
being characterized by that sturdiness and independence which marked the sons of
New Hampshire.
Frederick B. Wright, whose name introduces this review, received thorough
pre­liminary training in the district schools and afterward entered the St.
Johnsbury Academy at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, an institution of learning long
famous in New England, from which in due course of time he was graduated as a
member of the class of 1878. For a time he followed school teaching, but
regarded this merely as an initial step to other professional labor and turned
his attention to the law. He became a student in the law office of George A.
Bingham of Littleton, New Hampshire, and afterward matriculated in the Boston
Law School, where he completed his studies preparatory to his admission to the
bar. In 1883 he turned his course westward and making Minneapolis his
destination began to practice in this city. Here the natural trend of affairs
led Mr. Wright to take an interest in the political conditions of the community
and his sturdy republicanism and public-spirited citizenship carried him high in
the councils of the party. He became active in the affairs of the state league
of the republican clubs during its ascendancy, as a factor in the politics of
the state, and was president of that important organization. His activity as an
adviser in his party, his sound judgment and unfaltering efforts for the success
of those measures which he deemed essential in good government, brought about
his candidacy for the state legislature, to which he was elected in 1906, as a
member from the fortieth dis­trict, comprising the fourth ward of Minneapolis.
During the session of 1907 he was among the foremost members of the house of
representatives and was chosen to serve on a number of the leading committees.
He acted as chairman of the drainage com­mittee and as such brought about the
revision of the state drainage laws, a task for which he was given the credit.
He served in the session of 1909 and then retired in order to give more time and
attention to his professional interests, although he con­tinued to be sought as
an adviser in the affairs of the republican party.
In 1884 Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Helen M. Comant of Greensboro,
Vermont, and they have four children, the next to the eldest son, Fred B.
Wright, Jr., being his father's law partner. The others are: Ralph C., of Sioux
City, Iowa, who is an expert in the grading of grain and is in the employ of the
federal government and a member of the Final Appeals Board; Donald O., an
attorney, also in his father's office; and Barbara Helen, a graduate of the
State University and Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, who is now a
leading teacher in the Central high school of Minne­apolis.
Mr. Wright is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the
Knights Templar degree in the York Rite and is also a member of Zuhrah Temple of
the Mystic Shrine. While he is not seeking to figure prominently in political
circles, he is deeply interested in all civic organizations and in all plans and
projects which have for their object the betterment and improvement of his
community. On all public questions his judgment is sound, his discrimination
keen and his labors have been of important worth and benefit to the city.