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Jesse Speight (September 22, 1795May 1, 1847) was a
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and
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politician in the nineteenth century. Born in
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, Speight attended country schools as a child. He was a member of the
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in 1820, serving as
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, and was a member of the
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from 1823 to 1827. He was elected to the
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in 1828, serving from 1829 to 1837, not being a candidate for renomination in 1836. Speight moved to Plymouth, Mississippi and was a member of the
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from 1841 to 1844, serving as its
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from 1842 to 1843. He was elected a
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to the
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in 1844, serving from 1845 until his death, where he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills and Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Speight died in
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on May 1, 1847, and was interred in
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in Columbus. His replacement as Senator was
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, the future
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of the
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.


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* 1795 births 1847 deaths People from Greene County, North Carolina Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina state senators Democratic Party Mississippi state senators Democratic Party United States senators from Mississippi 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 {{Mississippi-politician-stub