| Francis Mastin Wright | |
| Order: | 8th |
| Office: | Ohio State Auditor |
| Term Start: | January 14, 1856 |
| Term End: | January 9, 1860 |
| Governor: | Salmon P. Chase |
| Preceded: | William Duane Morgan |
| Succeeded: | Robert W. Tayler |
| Party: | Republican |
| Otherparty: | Whig |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1810 |
| Birth Place: | Frederick County, Virginia |
| Death Place: | Urbana, Ohio |
Francis Mastin Wright (July 14, 1810 - January 16, 1869) was a Republican politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who was Ohio State Auditor (1856 - 1860).
Francis Wright was born in Frederick County, Virginia, and ended up in Clark County, Ohio, where he was educated in the country schools. He was a merchant in Springfield, Ohio and later Urbana, Ohio. He was elected as a Whig for County Auditor of Champaign County.[1]
In 1855, as a Republican, he defeated incumbent Democrat William Duane Morgan for Ohio State Auditor,[2] but declined a second term. He returned to Urbana in 1860, and was appointed Internal Revenue Collector by President Lincoln. He resigned in 1867 and died at Urbana January 16, 1869.[1]