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Jesse Atherton Bynum (May 23, 1797 – September 23, 1868United States House of Representatives
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landowner and politician. He was the grandson of
Colonel Jeptha Atherton Colonel Jeptha Atherton (1733–1787) was a North Carolina landowner, slave owner, politician and American Revolutionary War leader in Northampton County, North Carolina. He served in the military throughout the American Revolutionary War (1775â ...
, who served throughout the American Revolutionary War.


Political career

Bynum was a Congressional Representative from
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; born in
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, May 23, 1797; attended
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in 1817 and 1818; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
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; member of the house of commons of North Carolina in 1822, 1823, and 1826–1829; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and as a
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to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1841).


Later life

Bynum moved to
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, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Alexandria, La., September 23, 1868; interment in Rapides Cemetery,
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.


See also

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Twenty-second United States Congress The 22nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 183 ...
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Twenty-third United States Congress The 23rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1833 ...
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Twenty-fourth United States Congress The 24th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1835, ...
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Twenty-fifth United States Congress The 25th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 183 ...


References


U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry
1797 births 1868 deaths Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina 19th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub