Augustus Romaldus Wright (1813-1891)

US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced the practice of law in Crawfordville, Georgia. In 1857, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress, serving until 1859.

Delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention, voting agains secession. During the Civil War, he organized Wright's Legion, which became the 38th Georgia Infantry, with Wright as colonel. Although he had four sons in the Confederate army, some doubted his loyalty. Resigned colonelcy on February 14, 1862, to enter the Confederate Congress, serving 1862-1865. Arrested by Union forces in 1864 and sent to Washington, D.C., he was offered provisional governorship of Georgia by President Lincoln, but declined. After the war, he resumed the practice of law and was a member of the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1877.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith