Jesse D. Bright
U.S. Congressperson
1812 – 1875
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Who was Jesse D. Bright?
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 separate 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.
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- Born
- Dec 18, 1812
Norwich - Also known as
- Jesse Bright
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Baltimore
- Norwich
- Died
- May 20, 1875
Baltimore - Resting place
- Green Mount Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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