John Morgan Bright

For other people named John Bright, see John Bright (disambiguation).

John Morgan Bright (January 20, 1817 – October 3, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.

Biography

Born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Bright attended the schools of Fayetteville and Bingham's School in Hillsboro, North Carolina. He graduated from Nashville (Tennessee) University in September 1839 and from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in March 1841. He was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Fayetteville. He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1847 and 1848. He served as general on the staff of Governor Isham G. Harris 1861-1865.

Bright was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1881). He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Forty-fourth through Forty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Forty-fourth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress. After leaving politics he resumed the practice of law. He died in Fayetteville on October 3, 1911 and was interred in the Presbyterian Churchyard.

External links

• John Morgan Bright at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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