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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJesse David BRIGHT
(1812-1875)
Senate Years of Service:
1845-1862Party: DemocratBRIGHT, Jesse David, a
Senator from Indiana; born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y.,
December 18, 1812; moved with his parents to Madison, Ind., in
1820; attended the public schools; studied law; admitted to the bar
in 1831 and commenced practice in Madison, Jefferson County, Ind.;
elected judge of the probate court of Jefferson County in 1834;
United States marshal for the district of Indiana 1840-1841;
member, State senate 1841-1843; lieutenant governor of Indiana
1843-1845; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in
1845; reelected in 1850 and 1856 and served from March 4, 1845, to
February 5, 1862, when he was expelled for support of the
rebellion; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the
Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth Congresses; chairman,
Committee on Enrolled Bills (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on
Public Buildings (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee on
Revolutionary Claims (Thirtieth Congress), Committee on Roads and
Canals (Thirty-first through Thirty third Congresses), Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds (Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth
Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1863 to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by his expulsion;
moved to Carrollton, Ky., in 1863 and then to Covington, Ky.;
member, State house of representatives 1866; president of the
Raymond City Coal Co., 1871-1875; moved to Baltimore in 1874; died
in Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1875; interment in Greenmount
Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Cooney, Charles F. “Treason or Tyranny? The
Great Senate Purge of ‘62.” Civil War Times
Illustrated 18 (July 1979): 30-31; Murphy, Charles. “The
Political Career of Jesse Bright.” Indiana Historical
Society Publications 10 (1931): 101-45.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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