George W. Wright Biography


	This biography appears on pages 236-237 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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			GEORGE W. WRIGHT.  

	Among those who have achieved prominence as men of marked ability 
and substantial worth is numbered Senator George W. Wright, of Huron, 
who has served for two terms as a member of the South Dakota senate. He 
is moreover connected with business interests of the city as a real-
estate dealer and has large interests along this line, the successful 
conduct of which indicates his keen sagacity and unfaltering 
enterprise. Senator Wright was born in Illinois in 1872 and is a son of 
S. F. and Nancy E. Wright, who moved from Illinois to Beadle county, 
South Dakota, in 1882. The father took up government land and resided 
upon it until 1896, when he moved to Nebraska. In that state his death 
occurred and there his wife still resides.  

	George W. Wright acquired a public-school education and later 
attended college in Huron. He engaged in farming for some time but at 
length disposed of his interests and moved into Huron, where he turned 
his attention to the general merchandise business. Later he spent some 
years as a traveling salesman. He is now concentrating his energies 
upon the real-estate business, in which he has been engaged for a 
number of years, and he has won a gratifying degree of success along 
this line. He is an expert judge of land values and all of his 
investments are proving profitable, a fact which indicates his sound 
judgment and clear business discrimination.  

	In 1901 Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Luella Biddle, 
a native of Miller, South Dakota, and they have become the parents of 
two children, George W., Jr., and Evelyn. Mr. Wright is a member of the 
Presbyterian church, is a trustee in Huron College and is connected 
fraternally with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Elks and the 
Woodmen. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and 
has at all times stood high in its councils, being an active worker in 
the support of progressive measures and projects. He was elected a 
member of the council at Huron in 1908 and two years later was named a 
member of the state senate, serving by reelection from that time until 
January, 1915. He has accomplished a great deal of constructive and 
important work as a member of that body. He was instrumental in 
securing an appropriation for the state fair held at Huron, was also 
active in the passage of the public utility bill and during the last 
session of the legislature was chairman of the railway committee. His 
activities in public affairs have proven of great value to the 
community at large and in business he has won a gratifying measure of 
prosperity. He stands today among the honored and eminent residents of 
Huron.