Thomas Settle (March 9, 1789 – August 5, 1857) was a

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from

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from 1817 to 1821. Settle was born near

Reidsville, North Carolina Reidsville is a city in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. At the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 14,583. Reidsville is included in the Greensboro–High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Tr ...

, March 9, 1789; educated by private tutors; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1812 and commenced practice in

Wentworth, North Carolina Wentworth is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,646 at the 2020 census. Wentworth is the county seat of Rockingham County and is part of the Greensboro- High Point metropolitan area of the Piedmont T ...

. He was elected to the State House of Commons in 1816; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1820. Settle resumed the practice of law, was again a member of the State House of Commons, from c. 1826–1829, and served as speaker in the last session. Later, Settle served as a

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of the

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of North Carolina from 1832 to 1857

He died in

Rockingham County, North Carolina Rockingham County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 91,096. Its county seat is Wentworth, North Carolina, Wentworth. The county ...

, August 5, 1857; interment in the Settle family graveyard, near Reidsville, N.C. His son was also named Thomas Settle (1831–1888), as was his grandson, Thomas Settle III. David Settle Reid was his nephew. His daughter, Henrietta Williams Settle, married his nephew, David Settle Reid.

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* Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives North Carolina state court judges 1789 births 1857 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina People from Reidsville, North Carolina Settle family 19th-century North Carolina state court judges 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub

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