Bright, Jesse David

Life Span
to
Full name
Jesse David Bright
Place of Birth
Norwich, NY
Burial Place
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Free State
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Harrison/Tyler Administration (1841-45)
US Senate
State legislature
State judge
Other state government
Date Event
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee finds the evidence insufficient to expel Indiana Senator Jesse Bright
The U.S. Senate votes to expel Indiana Senator Jesse Bright as a Southern sympathizer
Civil Liberties
Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United States
How to Cite This Page: "Bright, Jesse David," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/38659.