Daniel Boone Wright (February 17, 1812 – December 27, 1887) was an American secessionist, lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1853 to 1857.
He moved to Salem, Benton County, Mississippi, in 1850 and continued the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
During the Civil War was appointed, on April 16, 1862, lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-fourth Regiment of Mississippi Infantry in the Confederate States Army.
He was appointed colonel of Cavalry to take effect June 6, 1864, and served as a judge of military courts in Gen. N.B.
He resumed the practice of his profession in Ashland, Mississippi, and was also interested in agricultural pursuits in Benton County.