Jesse Wharton

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BiographyEdit

Wharton was born in Covesville, Albemarle County, Virginia; studied law at Dickinson College, was admitted to the Virginia bar, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CareerEdit

After moving to Tennessee, Wharton was elected as a Democratic Republican to the Tenth Congress as Representative in the United States House of Representatives, 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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> when a successor was elected. He then returned to his law practice. In 1832 he was named to the Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DeathEdit

Wharton died in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 22, 1833, one week before his fifty first birthday. He is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His grandson, Wharton Jackson Green was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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(Some of the biographical detail in this article is derived from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 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.)

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