Jesse B. Thomas

American politician (1777-1853) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 76

Jesse Burgess Thomas was an American lawyer, judge and politician who served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the 10th Congress and later served as president of the Constitutional Convention which led to Illinois being admitted to the Union.

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He became one of Illinois' first two senators, and is best known as the author of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. After his retirement from the U.S. Senate in 1829 he lived the rest of his life in Ohio.

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