Thomas Settle (politician, 1789)

Thomas Settle (born March 9, 1789 in Reidsville , Rockingham County , North Carolina , †  August 5, 1857 in Rockingham County, North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Settle was a member of a well-known family of politicians. His son of the same name, Thomas Settle II, was a judge and local politician in North Carolina and an American envoy in Peru . His grandson was Congressman Thomas Settle III . His nephew was David Settle Reid (1813-1891), who was governor of North Carolina and represented this state in both houses of Congress .

The elder Thomas Settle enjoyed a private school education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1812, he began to work in Wentworth in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In 1816 he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives. In the congressional elections of 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Bartlett Yancey on March 4, 1817 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1821. In 1820 he declined to run again.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Settle practiced law again. In 1826 and 1827 he sat again as a member of the House of Representatives of his state, whose speaker he was in 1827. He served as a judge on the North Carolina Superior Court from 1832 to 1857 . Thomas Settle died in Rockingham County on August 5, 1857 and was buried in the family cemetery near Reidsville.

Web links

• Thomas Settle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)