Jonathan Jasper Wright

Jonathan Jasper Wright
Jonathan Jasper Wright (c. 1870)
Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
In office
January 30, 1870 – December 1, 1877
Preceded bySolomon L. Hoge
Succeeded byAlexander Cheves Haskell
Member of the South Carolina Senate
from Beaufort County
In office
November 24, 1868 – January 30, 1870
Preceded byRichard J. Davant
Succeeded byRobert Smalls
Personal details
Born(1840-02-11)February 11, 1840
Luzerne, Pennsylvania
DiedFebruary 18, 1885(1885-02-18) (aged 45)
Charleston, South Carolina

Jonathan Jasper Wright (February 11, 1840 – February 18, 1885) was an African-American lawyer who served as a state senator and judge on the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina during Reconstruction from 1870 to 1877.