Thomas Settle (March 10, 1865 – January 20, 1919) was an American lawyer who served for two terms as a member of the

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from North Carolina from 1893 to 1897. Settle was the son of Thomas Settle, a judge and politician in North Carolina, and a grandson of Thomas Settle (1789–1857), also a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

Biography

Thomas Settle was born near

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, Rockingham County, N.C., on March 10, 1865. He attended the public schools and

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, studied law in Greensboro, N.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Wentworth.

Career

Settle served as

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of the ninth judicial district (1886–1894) before he was elected as a

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to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897). Settle was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896.

Career after Congress

He resumed the practice of law in Asheville, N.C.; was appointed by the Department of Justice as special attorney to the United States Court of Customs in

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in 1909, and served in that capacity until 1910. Like his father before him, Settle ran unsuccessfully for

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Death

Settle died in

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, on January 20, 1919. He is buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Settle, Thomas 1865 births 1919 deaths Georgetown University alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina People from Wentworth, North Carolina

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