Jesse Wharton (July 29, 1782July 22, 1833) was an attorney who briefly represented

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Biography

Wharton was born in Covesville,

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, was admitted to the

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, and practiced in Albemarle County. He married Mary "Polly" Philips (6 September 1786 – 11 April 1813), the daughter of Joseph Philips Jr. and Milberry Horn, on April 20, 1804, in Davidson County, Tennessee. They had five children: John Overton, Joseph Philips, Rhoda Ann, Sarah Angelina, and Mary Philips. Mary died at the age of 26. Wharton also had five children with his second wife, his cousin, Elizabeth Auston Rice, of Virginia.

Career

After moving to Tennessee, Wharton was elected as a Democratic Republican to the Tenth Congress as Representative in the

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, and served from March 4, 1807, to March 3, 1809. He was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Campbell and served from March 17, 1814, to October 10, 1815, when a successor was elected. He then returned to his law practice. In 1832 he was named to the Board of Visitors of the

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Death

Wharton died in

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, on July 22, 1833, one week before his fifty first birthday. He is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery. His grandson, Wharton Jackson Green was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina.

References

External links

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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. In turn, some of the material from that source is derived from the book ''Tennessee Senators as Seen by One of Their Successors'' by Senator Kenneth McKellar.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wharton, Jesse 1782 births 1833 deaths United States senators from Tennessee Democratic-Republican Party United States senators Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century United States senators