This article refers to the Lt. Governor. For the California Chief Justice, see Donald Wright. Donald Orr Wright Sr. (November 18, 1892 – July 24, 1985) was a United States Republican politician from the state of Minnesota. He served in the state legislature and rose to the office of President pro Tempore of the Minnesota State Senate. In 1953, when Ancher Nelsen resigned as Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Wright assumed that office and held it for the remainder of one term, serving with Governor C. Elmer Anderson. References Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Legislators Past and Present 1892 births 1985 deaths Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Republican Party Minnesota state senators 20th-century American politicians