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This document is based on the 1992 version of the Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army book. (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/sw-sa/Wright.htm) Could not find copyright data, but assume it is copyrighted and needs to be re-written:

"LUKE EDWARD WRIGHT was born in Giles County, Tennessee, on 29 August 1846; moved with his family to Memphis in 1850; attended the public schools; enlisted at fifteen in the Confederate Army and served with Company G, 154th Senior Tennessee Regiment; was promoted to second lieutenant and cited for bravery under fire in the battle of Murfreesboro, 1863; entered the University of Mississippi, 1867–1868, but did not graduate; married Katherine Semmes, 1868; read law in his father’s office, was admitted to the bar, and entered into practice in Memphis; served as attorney general of Tennessee for eight years; was instrumental in establishing a relief committee during an epidemic of yellow fever in 1878; was a member of the second Philippine Commission, 1900; was appointed vice-governor of the Philippines, 1901; was appointed governor general of the Philippines, 1904; served as United States ambassador to Japan, 1906–1907; served as Secretary of War, 1 July 1908–11 March 1909; stressed actions to eliminate unfit officers and sought to take advantage of aviation technology; returned to private life; died in Memphis, Tennessee, on 17 November 1922." --Tony Hecht 15:13, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)