| 词条 | Samuel T. Wright III |
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|name = Samuel T. Wright |office = Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court |appointer = |term_start = December 7, 2015 |term_end = |predecessor = David Allen Barber |successor = |birth_date = |birth_place = {{nowrap|Letcher County, Kentucky, U.S.}} |death_date = |death_place = |parents = S.T. Wright II and Gladys Hall Wright |alma_mater = Hazard Community College University of Kentucky College of Law }} Samuel T. Wright III is an Associate Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was elected to the Supreme Court in November 2015. Early lifeWright was born and raised in Letcher County, Kentucky.[1] EducationHe received an associate degree from Hazard Community College and his bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky. He earned his J.D. from University of Kentucky College of Law.[1] Judicial careerWright previously worked as a trial judge for more than 23 years in Letcher County.[3] He was serving in his fourth term as Letcher County Circuit Court judge when he was elected to the Supreme Court. He was first appointed to fill a vacancy on Circuit Court by Governor Brereton Jones in 1993 and was then elected. Prior to taking the Circuit Court bench, Justice Wright was the District Court judge for Letcher County for a year.[1] Prior to becoming a judge, Justice Wright was practicing law as an attorney. After graduating law school in 1981, he returned to Eastern Kentucky to join the law firm of Cook and Wright. He went on to open his own law practice in 1989.[1] Kentucky Supreme CourtIn January 2015 Wright filed paperwork to run for a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court.[2] He was elected on November 3, 2015 defeating his challenger Janet Stumbo,[3] and was sworn in on December 7, 2015.[4] He replaced David Allen Barber, who was appointed in March 2015. Personal lifeWright and his wife have two sons living in eastern Kentucky. One is a wildlife biologist; as of 2015 the other was studying computer programming.[1] Electoral historySource: Commonwealth of Kentucky, For the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, November 3, 2015 {{Election box begin no change | title=Kentucky Supreme Court Seat 1 election, 2015}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change||party = Non Partisan |candidate = Samuel T. Wright III |votes = 40,676 |percentage = 51.9 }}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Non Partisan |candidate = Janet Stumbo |votes = 37,772 |percentage = 48.1 }}{{Election box end}} See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | url=http://courts.ky.gov/courts/supreme/Pages/Wright.aspx | title=Samuel T. Wright Official Biography | publisher=Kentucky Supreme Court | accessdate=April 10, 2016}} 2. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.themountaineagle.com/news/2015-01-21/Front_Page/Wright_thought_hard_about_decision_to_seek_new_off.html | title=Wright thought hard about decision to seek new office | publisher=The Mountain Eagle | date=January 21, 2015 | accessdate=April 10, 2016 | author=Barto, Sally}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article44674482.html | title=Letcher Circuit Judge Sam Wright defeats Judge Janet Stumbo for state Supreme Court | publisher=Lexington Herald-Leader | date=November 3, 2015 | accessdate=April 10, 2016 | author=Estep, Bill}} 4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.nkytribune.com/2015/12/samuel-t-wright-of-letcher-county-sworn-in-as-a-justice-of-the-supreme-court-takes-7th-district-seat/ | title=Samuel T. Wright of Letcher County sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court, takes 7th district seat | publisher=North Kentucky Tribune | date=December 7, 2015 | accessdate=April 10, 2016}} External links
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