He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.
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Born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Bright was the son of James and Nancy Morgan Bright.
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Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second for the fourth district of Tennessee, Bright was re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses.
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He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Forty-fourth through Forty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Forty-fourth Congress).
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