Jason Niles

Who was Jason Niles?

Jason Niles 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 Mississippi 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. 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.