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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJesse WHARTON
(1782-1833)
Senate Years of Service:
1814-1815Party: Democratic
RepublicanWHARTON, Jesse,
(grandfather of Wharton Jackson Green), a Representative and a
Senator from Tennessee; born in Covesville, Albemarle County, Va.,
July 29, 1782; completed preparatory studies; studied law; admitted
to the bar and commenced practice in Albemarle County; moved to
Tennessee; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Tenth Congress
(March 4, 1807-March 3, 1809); appointed to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W.
Campbell and served from March 17, 1814, to October 10, 1815, when
a successor was elected; resumed the practice of his profession;
member of the board of visitors to the United States Military
Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1832; died in Nashville, Tenn., July
22, 1833; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Bibliography
McKellar, Kenneth. “Jesse Wharton,” in Tennessee
Senators as Seen by One of Their Successors. Kingsport, Tenn.:
Southern Publishers, Inc., 1942, 135-140.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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