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Albert Alexander Wray (September 6, 1858 Cape Girardeau, Missouri – 1924) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He attended the public schools, and taught school in Missouri. He removed to New York City in 1880, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1885, and practiced law in New York City, but resided in Brooklyn from 1888 on.
Wray was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 15th D.) in 1894 and 1895.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (8th D.) from 1896 to 1898, sitting in the 119th, 120th and 121st New York State Legislatures.
In 1905, he and his wife Jessie Anne were divorced, and the four children remained with their mother. In 1909, she sued him to receive unpaid alimony amounting to $30,000. At this time, Wray lived with his second wife in West Orange, New Jersey.