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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJesse Franklin CLEVELAND
(1804-1841)
CLEVELAND, Jesse Franklin,
a Representative from Georgia; born in Greenville, S.C., October
25, 1804; attended the local schools; moved to Georgia; member of
the State senate 1831-1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of William Schley; reelected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-fifth Congress and served from October 5, 1835, to March 3,
1839; moved to Charleston, S.C., in 1839 and engaged in the
mercantile business; served as a director of the Bank of South
Carolina until his death; died in Charleston, S.C., on June 22,
1841; interment in St. Michael’s Church Burial Ground.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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