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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJesse OVERSTREET
(1859-1910)
OVERSTREET, Jesse, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Franklin, Johnson County,
Ind., December 14, 1859; attended the schools of his native city;
was graduated from the Franklin High School in 1877 and from
Franklin College in 1882; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1886 and commenced practice in Franklin; member of the Republican
State central committee of Indiana in 1892; elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1895-March 3, 1909); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Justice (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses),
Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Fifty-eighth through
Sixtieth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908
to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of his
profession; died in Indianapolis, Ind., May 27, 1910; interment in
the Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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