Carroll D. Wright

Carroll Wright
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
In office
January 1885 – January 1905
PresidentGrover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byCharles P. Neill
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1872 to 1873
Personal details
Born(1840-07-25)July 25, 1840
Dunbarton, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedFebruary 20, 1909(1909-02-20) (aged 68)

Carroll Davidson Wright (July 25, 1840 – February 20, 1909) was an American statistician. Wright is best known for his title as the first U.S. Commissioner of Labor, serving in that capacity from 1885 to 1905.