Jesse D. Bright
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 149 years ago |
Date of birth | December 18,1812 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Norwich |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 20,1875 |
Died | Baltimore |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Party | Democratic Party |
Previous office | IN |
Governor | James Whitcomb |
Place of burial | Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
Previous position | Kentucky State Representative (1867–1871) |
Education | Transylvania University |
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ID | 901284 |
Jesse D. Bright Life story
Jesse David Bright was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three occasions. He was the only senator from a Northern state to be expelled for being a Confederate sympathizer. As a leading Copperhead he opposed the Civil War.