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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 occasions. [1] . He was the only senator from a Northern state to be expelled for being a Confederate sympathizer.
Committee report: Jan. 13, 1862. Senate vote: Feb. 5, 1862. Result: Expelled. Background. Among the 44 senators who remained after the Southern states seceded at the start of the Civil War, Jesse Bright of Indiana was the Senate's most senior Democrat. A senator since 1845, Bright was noted for his grasp of Senate rules and precedents and for ...
Hanover College. Jesse David Bright was a United States Senator from Indiana from 1845 to 1862 and the domineering leader of Indiana’s Democratic Party for most of that time. A state-rights Democrat and a slaveholder with a Kentucky farm, Bright opposed the Civil War, arguing that coercion should not be used to effect reunion.
Jesse D. Bright was born on December 18, 1812, in Norwich, New York. His family moved to Kentucky in 1819, and then Madison, Indiana, in 1820. He was admitted to the bar in 1831 and began practicing in Madison. He married Mary E. Turpin (ca. 1840) with whom he had two children.
Jesse D. Bright moved to Madison, Indiana in 1820, with his parents. He attended public school and later studied law. He earned admittance to the bar and started practicing in 1831 in Madison. He won election as judge of the Jefferson County probate court in 1834. Bright married Mary E. Turpin in 1835, and they had seven children.
Jesse David Bright. BORN: December 18, 1812. Norwich, New York. DIED: May 20, 1875 (age 62) Baltimore, Maryland. POLITICAL PARTY: Democrat. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 1820: Moved to Madison, Indiana. 1831: Admitted to the Bar, Began Practicing Law in Madison, Indiana. 1834: Elected Judge of the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Indiana. 1840-1841:
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Biography. BRIGHT, JESSE DAVID, a Senator from Indiana; born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., December 18, 1812; moved with his parents to Madison, Ind., in 1820; attended the public schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Madison, Jefferson County, Ind.; elected judge of the probate court of Jefferson ...
