Roy V. Wright
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October 8, 1876
Roy V. Wright | |
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| 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 October 8, 1876 Red Wing, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | July 9, 1948 (aged 71) East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Eliza Grumman Bratton (1879-1962) |
| 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.
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.[1] He was the 50th President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[2] 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.[3]
