# General Luke E. Wright — Recollections of Full Years character guide

> General Luke E. Wright in Recollections of Full Years by Helen Herron Taft.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** General Luke E. Wright, General Wright, Wright

**First appearance:** 0007-v-first-impressions-of-manila

## Who they are

A pinochle-playing Commissioner with the best social gifts on the ship, whose wit and cosmopolitan wife leaven the earnest work of empire-building.

## In the story

### [III: To the Philippines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/iii-to-the-philippines)

Commission member from Tennessee; a Democrat and former Confederate lieutenant; known for his bravery during a yellow fever epidemic in Memphis.

### [First Impressions of Manila](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/v-first-impressions-of-manila)

Member of the Philippine Commission; 'kept house' with Mr. Taft for three months before their wives arrived.

### [Days of the Empire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/vii-days-of-the-empire)

Delivers the American speech at the Washington's Birthday celebration, appealing for peaceful cooperation.

### [Last Days in the Philippines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/xii-last-days-in-the-philippines)

Vice-Governor who leaves for a vacation; Taft takes over his department.

### [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations)

Shown as one of the Philippine Commissioners alongside Mr. Taft and Judge Ide.

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