Daniel Thew Wright was a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Wright was born in Riverside, Ohio

Riverside, Ohio

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. He received an LL.B.

Bachelor of Laws

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 from University of Cincinnati College of Law

University of Cincinnati College of Law

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 in 1887. He was in private practice of law

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 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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 from 1887 to the present. He was a village solicitor

Solicitor

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 of Riverside, Ohio from 1888 to 1890, and mayor, Riverside from 1890 to 1893. He was a second assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio

Hamilton County, Ohio

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 from 1888 to 1890 and first assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County from 1890 to 1893

Wright was a judge to the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas

Ohio Courts of Common Pleas

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 from 1893 to 1898. President

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 Theodore Roosevelt

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 appointed Wright to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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 on November 10, 1903, to the seat vacated by Alexander Burton Hagner

Alexander Burton Hagner

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. Confirmed

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 by the Senate

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 on November 17, 1903, he received his commission the same day.

Wright resigned from the bench on November 15, 1914 and was in private practice of law in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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 from 1914 to 1937. He served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School

Georgetown University Law Center

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Wright died in Fenwick, Maryland.

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