Electrical contact terminal

The present disclosure relates to a vertical connection type contact terminal of a wire to board connector, which enables a wire to be connected in a vertical direction, and the present disclosure has a terminal formed in a horseshoe shape ('⊃') by bending both ends of a back plate of a sheet shape toward a front surface and having one side opened, includes: one pair of support plates which bend from both ends of the back plate and define a wire insertion space therebetween, and have mounting portions formed on lower ends thereof to be mounted on a substrate; and one pair of connection plates which bend from upper ends of the one pair of support plates toward the wire insertion space inside, and connect and lock a wire, and is mounted on the substrate in an upright position to allow the wire to be connected in a vertical direction.