ROBERT LEE WRIGHT.
(Twenty-fifth District.—County: Rowan. One Senator.)
Robert Lee Wright, Democrat, of Rowan County, Senator from Twenty-fifth District, was born in Wilkes County, N. C, September, 16, 1867. Son of J. L. and Mary M. (Shoafe) Wright. Was educated at Presbyterian High School; John Hopkins University. Lawyer. Alderman of Salisbury for eight years. Has been Director of Wachovia Banking and Trust Co., Peoples Bank, and Rockwell Bank. Representative in the General Assembly, 1901; State Senator, 1905; Judge of County Court, 1916-1918. Royal Arcanum; Woodmen of the World; Odd Fellow; Jr. O. U. A. M. Presbyterian. Married Miss Sallie B. Oakes. Address: Salisbury, N. C.
(Source: North Carolina Manual. 1919. Published by the North Carolina Historical Commission.)
