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In 1826 , he was elected to the Twentieth Congress and served from March 4 , 1827 , to February 16 , 1829 , when he resigned. He successfully contested the election of George Fisher to the Twenty-first Congress , but declined to qualify. Wright served as Comptroller of the State of New York from 1829 to 1833 , in which post he became a prominent follower of Martin Van Buren and a member of the Albany Regency that ran the state for the Democratic Party in this period. Wright was elected to the United States Senate in 1833 as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William L. Marcy . He was reelected in 1837 and served from January 4 , 1833 , to November 26 , 1844 . In the Senate, he served as Chairman of the Finance Committee from 1835 to 1841 . Wright was offered the Democratic vice presidential nomination chairman in 1844 , as a sop to followers of Van Buren, who had been disappointed in his hopes for renomination, but declined instead running for the position of Governor of New York. He served as Governor from 1845 to 1846 , and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection, being defeated by the Whig candidate John Young . Wright died soon after, in Canton, on August 27 , 1847 and is interred in Old Canton Cemetery. PUBLICATIONS
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