Jesse Speight

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Jesse Speight (1795 - 1847) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Greene County, North Carolina, September 22, 1795; attended the country schools; member, State house of commons 1820, and served as speaker; member, State senate 1823-1827; elected from North Carolina to the Twenty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1837); was not a candidate for renomination; moved to Plymouth, Mississippi; member, Mississippi Senate 1841-1844, and served as president; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate from Mississippi and served from March 4, 1845, until his death; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-ninth Congress), Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Twenty-ninth Congress); died in Columbus, Mississippi, May 1, 1847; interment in Friendship Cemetery.

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• Twenty-first United States Congress
• Twenty-second United States Congress
• Twenty-third United States Congress
• Twenty-fourth United States Congress
• Twenty-ninth United States Congress
• Thirtieth United States Congress
• U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry

Preceded by John Henderson

United States Senator (Class 1) from Mississippi 1845–1847 Served alongside: Robert J. Walker, Joseph W. Chalmers, Henry S. Foote

Succeeded by Jefferson Davis