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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Bright, Jesse David
Bright, 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; was 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 from January 9, 1840, until December 6, 1841, when he became a member of the State senate, in which he served until 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 having (in a letter to him) recognized Jefferson Davis as "President of the Confederate States"; was elected President pro tempore of the Senate December 5, 1854, June 11, 1856, and June 12, 1860; 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 of the State house of representatives in 1866; president of the Raymond City Coal Co., in 1871; moved to Baltimore in 1874, still retaining his connection with the coal company; died in Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1875; interment in Greenmount Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Bright, Jesse David," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.890 Original Sources, accessed February 16, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GDIJVTVM2164QAT.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Bright, Jesse David." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.890, Original Sources. 16 Feb. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GDIJVTVM2164QAT.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Bright, Jesse David' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.890. Original Sources, retrieved 16 February 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GDIJVTVM2164QAT.
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