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Wright (LUKE E an American lawyer)

LUKE E., an American lawyer and public official, born in Tennessee, in 1846. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar, practiced law in Memphis, and served as attorney general of his native State for eight years. From 1900 to 1904 he was a member of the United States Philippine Commission, serving as its president from 1903 to 1904; from 1904 to 1906 governor-general of the Philippine Islands; from 1906 to 1907 United States ambassador to Japan; and from July 1908 to March 1909 Secretary of War in President Roosevelt's cabinet.