Francis Mastin Wright

Francis Mastin Wright (July 14, 1810 – January 16, 1869) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was Ohio State Auditor (1856–1860).

Francis Mastin Wright
8th Ohio State Auditor
In office January 14, 1856 – January 9, 1860
Governor	Salmon P. Chase
Preceded by	William Duane Morgan
Succeeded by	Robert W. Tayler
Personal details
Born	(1810-07-14)July 14, 1810 Frederick County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	January 16, 1869(1869-01-16) (aged 58) Urbana, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Other political affiliations	Whig

Francis Wright was born in Frederick County, Virginia, and ended up in Clark County, Ohio, where he was educated in the country schools. He was a merchant in Springfield, Ohio and later Urbana, Ohio. He was elected as a Whig for County Auditor of Champaign County.^[1]

In 1855, as a Republican, he defeated incumbent Democrat William Duane Morgan for Ohio State Auditor,^[2] but declined a second term. He returned to Urbana in 1860, and was appointed Internal Revenue Collector by President Lincoln. He resigned in 1867 and died at Urbana January 16, 1869.^[1]