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Jesse Speight United States Senator
from MississippiIn office
March 4, 1845 – May 1, 1847Preceded by John Henderson Succeeded by Jefferson Davis Personal details Born September 22, 1795
Greene County, North CarolinaDied May 1, 1847 (aged 51)
Columbus, MississippiPolitical party Democratic Profession Politician Jesse Speight (September 22, 1795 – May 1, 1847) was a North Carolina and Mississippi politician in the nineteenth century.
Born in Greene County, North Carolina, Speight attended country schools as a child. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1820, serving as Speaker of the House, and was a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1823 to 1827. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1828, serving from 1829 to 1837, not being a candidate for renomination in 1836. Speight moved to Plymouth, Mississippi and was a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1841 to 1844, serving as its president from 1842 to 1843. He was elected a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1844, serving from 1845 until his death, where he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills and Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Speight died in Columbus, Mississippi on May 1, 1847 and was interned in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus.
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United States House of Representatives Preceded by
John H. BryanMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 4th congressional district
March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837Succeeded by
Charles B. ShepardUnited States Senate Preceded by
John HendersonUnited States Senator (Class 1) from Mississippi
March 4, 1845 – May 1, 1847
Served alongside: Robert J. Walker, Joseph W. Chalmers and Henry S. FooteSucceeded by
Jefferson DavisUnited States Senators from Mississippi Class 1 Class 2 Categories:- 1795 births
- 1847 deaths
- People from Greene County, North Carolina
- United States Senators from Mississippi
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
- North Carolina State Senators
- Mississippi State Senators
- Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
- Mississippi Democrats
- North Carolina Jacksonians
- Democratic Party United States Senators
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