Archibald Wright

Archibald Wright (November 29, 1809 – September 13, 1884) was a Tennessee lawyer who served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1858 to 1862.

Early life, education, military service, and career Born in Maury County, Tennessee, to very poor parents of Scottish ancestry, shortly after his birth his family moved to the adjoining Giles County. He attended Mount Pleasant Academy and Giles College, where he studied diligently, and then sought out Judge Bramblette in Pulaski to study law. Bramblette was initially skeptical, but accepted Wright as a student, and Wright gained admission to the bar in 1832, opening a law office in Pulaski, Tennessee. Wright was interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis two days later.