Thomas M. Green junior

Thomas Martston Green junior (born February 26, 1758 in Williamsburg , Colony of Virginia , † February 7, 1813 in Jefferson County , Mississippi Territory ) was an American politician . Between 1802 and 1803 he represented the Mississippi Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Green was born in 1758 in the then British colony of Virginia. In 1782 he moved with his parents to the Natchez area in what would later become the Mississippi Territory. He later moved to Fayette , where he built a large plantation which he managed until his death. The Green family was good friends with General and later President Andrew Jackson . He married his wife Rachel Donelson on the greens plantation in August 1791; Thomas was the best man.

Green did not belong to any political party. Nevertheless, he managed to rise in politics in the Mississippi Territory. In 1800 he was a member of the first territorial assembly in the area. At the same time, he rose to the rank of colonel in the militia. After the death of Congress delegate Narsworthy Hunter , Green was elected his successor in Congress . There, between December 6, 1802 and March 3, 1803, he ended the legislative period of his predecessor.

Hunter decided not to run again in the regular congressional election of 1802. He withdrew from politics and spent his last years on his plantation, where he was also buried after his death. He had been married to Martha Kirkland since 1780, with whom he had ten children.

Web links

• Thomas M. Green in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas M. Green junior in the database of Find a Grave (English)