Jesse Speight
Jesse Speight | |
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United States Senator from Mississippi | |
In office March 4, 1845 – May 1, 1847 | |
Preceded by | John Henderson |
Succeeded by | Jefferson Davis |
Member of the Mississippi Senate | |
In office 1841–1844 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837 | |
Preceded by | John H. Bryan |
Succeeded by | Charles B. Shepard |
Member of the North Carolina Senate | |
In office 1823–1827 | |
Member of the North Carolina House of Commons | |
In office 1820 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Greene County, North Carolina | September 22, 1795
Died |
May 1, 1847 51) Columbus, Mississippi | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | Politician |
Jesse Speight (September 22, 1795 – May 1, 1847) was a North Carolina and Mississippi politician in the nineteenth century.
Born in Greene County, North Carolina, Speight attended country schools as a child. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1820, serving as Speaker of the House, and was a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1823 to 1827. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1828, serving from 1829 to 1837, not being a candidate for renomination in 1836.
Speight moved to Plymouth, Mississippi and was a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1841 to 1844, serving as its president from 1842 to 1843. He was elected a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1844, serving from 1845 until his death, where he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills and Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Speight died in Columbus, Mississippi on May 1, 1847 and was interred in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus.
His replacement as Senator was Jefferson Davis, the future President of the Confederate States of America.
References
- United States Congress. "Jesse Speight (id: S000715)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by John H. Bryan |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th congressional district March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837 |
Succeeded by Charles B. Shepard |
United States Senate | ||
Preceded by John Henderson |
U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Mississippi March 4, 1845 – May 1, 1847 Served alongside: Robert J. Walker, Joseph W. Chalmers and Henry S. Foote |
Succeeded by Jefferson Davis |