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Seaborn Wright

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Seaborn Wright
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Born(1857-11-30)November 30, 1857
Floyd County, Georgia
DiedDecember 15, 1933(1933-12-15) (aged 76)
Milledgeville, Georgia

Seaborn Wright (November 30, 1857 – December 15, 1933) was an attorney and politician in the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from Rome, Georgia. He supported prohibition.[1][2] He was a third party candidate for governor. He was a strident prohibitionist.[2]

In 1907 he wrote to Thomas Edward Watson.[3]

In 1908 he was billed as a Southern orator and fighter for clean government in a newspaper notice promoting him as a speaker for a campaign rally in Grand Junction, Colorado.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Walker County messenger. (LaFayette, Ga.) 187?-current, October 25, 1900, Page 4, Image 4 « Georgia Historic Newspapers".
  2. ^ a b Crimmins, Timothy; Farrisee, Anne H. (September 20, 2007). Democracy Restored: A History of the Georgia State Capitol. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820329116 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Thomas e. Watson Papers Digital Collection : Item View".
  4. ^ "The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) October 20, 1908 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection".