Jason Niles

Jason Niles

Jason Niles (December 19, 1814 - July 7, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.

Born in Burlington, Vermont, Niles attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1837.He taught school in Ohio and Tennessee for a number of years.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1851 and he had a practice in Kosciusko, Mississippi.He served as delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1851, 1865, and 1868, served as member of the State house of representatives in 1870, and as a circuit judge for the thirteenth judicial district in 1871 and f1872.

Niles was elected as a Republican to the 43rd Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the 44th Congress. He was editor of the Kosciusko Chronicle from 1876-1880. He ultimately resumed his law practise.He died in Kosciusko, Mississippi, July 7, 1894 and was interred in the City Cemetery.

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