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Jesse D. Bright

Jesse David Bright
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Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office
1867-1871
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
June 12, 1860 – June 13, 1860
Preceded by Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Succeeded by Benjamin Fitzpatrick
In office
June 11, 1856 – January 6, 1857
Preceded by Charles E. Stuart
Succeeded by James M. Mason
In office
December 5, 1854 – June 9, 1856
Preceded by Lewis Cass
Succeeded by Charles E. Stuart
United States Senator
from Indiana
In office
March 4, 1845 – February 5, 1862
Preceded by Albert S. White
Succeeded by Joseph A. Wright
9th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
In office
December 6, 1843 – March 4, 1845
Governor James Whitcomb
Preceded by Samuel Hall
Succeeded by Paris C. Dunning
Member of the Indiana Senate
In office
1841-1843
Personal details
Born (1812-12-18)December 18, 1812
Norwich, New York, US
Died May 20, 1875(1875-05-20) (aged 62)
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Political party Democratic
Profession Politician, Lawyer, Judge

Jesse David Bright (December 18, 1812 – May 20, 1875) 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.

Born in Norwich, New York, Bright was born into a German family. Bright moved to Madison, Indiana, with his parents in 1820 and attended public schools as a child. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1831, commencing practice in Madison. He was elected a judge of the probate court of Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1834, was a United States Marshal for the district of Indiana from 1840 to 1841 and served in the Indiana Senate from 1841 to 1843. In 1842, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and served as such from 1843 to 1845.

Bright was elected a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1844, was reelected in 1850 and 1856, serving from 1845 to 1862. He was chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills from 1845 to 1847, of the Committee on Public Buildings from 1845 to 1847, of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims from 1847 to 1849, of the Committee on Roads and Canals from 1849 to 1855 and of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds from 1857 to 1861. He was also President pro tempore of the Senate from 1854 to 1856, 1856 to 1857, and in 1860, serving as putative Acting Vice President of the United States in the first two terms due to the death of Vice President William R. King.


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