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Roy V. Wright
Member of the New Jersey Senate from Essex County
In office January 1942 – January 1948
Preceded by	Homer C. Zink
Succeeded by	Alfred C. Clapp
Essex County Freeholder
In office January 1935 – January 1938
Personal details
Born	Royden Vincent Wright (1876-10-08)October 8, 1876 Red Wing, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	July 9, 1948(1948-07-09) (aged 71) East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Eliza Grumman Bratton (1879-1962)
Residence	East Orange, New Jersey
Alma mater	University of Minnesota
Occupation	Engineer

Royden Vincent (Roy) Wright (October 8, 1876 – July 9, 1948) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate.

Early life

Wright was born October 8, 1876, in Red Wing, Minnesota, the son of Reuben Andrus Wright (1851–1927) and Louisa Anna Schaefer Wright (1855-1945). He attended public schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was an 1898 graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He moved to East Orange, New Jersey, in 1904.

Wright was a Director and Vice President of the Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. He was the 50th President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He also served as Managing Editor of Railway Age, an American trade journal for the rail transport industry, from 1911 until his death in 1948.

Political career

Wright became active in politics in the 1920s and was a member of the national Engineers Committee for Herbert Hoover in the 1928 presidential campaign.

He was elected to the Essex County Board of Freeholders in 1934 and served one three-year term. He was elected Republican State Committeeman from Essex County in 1940 and served one three-year term.

In 1941, Homer C. Zink resigned from the State Senate following his appointment by the Legislature as the New Jersey State Controller. Wright became a candidate for State Senator. In November, 1941, he defeated Democrat J. Raymond Berry. He was re-elected in 1944 against Democrat Edward J. Gilhooly. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1947.

Death

Wright died of a heart ailment on July 9, 1948, at age 72.

References

1. Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: John P. Dullard. 1944.
2. "Engineers Elect Roy V. Wright". New York Times. 20 November 1930.
3. "Engineers Elect Roy V. Wright". New York Times. 20 November 1930.
4. "ROY V. WRIGHT, 72, RAILWAY EN6INEER; Editor of Publications in Field Dead--Was State Senator in Jersey in 1941-47". New York Times. 10 July 1948.
5. "Results of the Primary Election" (PDF). New Jersey Division of Elections. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
6. "ROY V. WRIGHT, 72, RAILWAY EN6INEER; Editor of Publications in Field Dead--Was State Senator in Jersey in 1941-47". New York Times. 10 July 1948.

• 1876 births
• 1948 deaths
• People from Red Wing, Minnesota
• Republican Party New Jersey state senators
• Politicians from East Orange, New Jersey
• University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering alumni
• Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• 20th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature