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Draft:Solomon Wright

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Solomon Wright (17__ – 1801) was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1778 to 1792.[1]

Wright was one of the first group of five judges appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals by the Maryland General Assembly in October 1778, and commissioned by Governor Thomas Johnson Jr., on December 22, 1778.[2][3]

Wright died in 1801.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Maryland Court of Appeals Judges, 1778–". Archives of Maryland. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Eugene L. Didier, "The Court of Appeals of Maryland", Part I, The Green Bag, Volume 6 (1894), p. 225.
  3. ^ a b John Thomas Scharf, "Judges of the Court of Appeals", History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day (1879), p. 773.


Political offices
Preceded by
Newly established court
Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals
1778–1792
Succeeded by
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Category:1801 deaths Category:Judges of the Supreme Court of Maryland


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