Thomas Settle (North Carolina, 15th–16th Congress)

Thomas Settle (* 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Settle was a member of a famous political family. His son of the same Thomas Settle II was a judge and local politicians in North Carolina as well as American ambassador to Peru. His grandson was Congressman Thomas Settle III. His nephew was David Settle Reid (1813-1891), Governor of North Carolina was and represented that state in both chambers of Congress.

The elder Thomas Settle enjoyed a private school education. After a subsequent law studies and his 1812 was admitted to a lawyer, he began to work in Wentworth in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party launched a political career. In 1816 he was elected to the House of Representatives from North Carolina. In the congressional elections of 1816 he was in the ninth constituency of North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Bartlett Yancey on 4 March 1817. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1821 two legislative sessions. In 1820 he abandoned a bid again.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Settle practiced as a lawyer again. In the years 1826 and 1827 he sat again as an MP in the House of Representatives of his State of which he was president in the year 187. From 1832 to 1857 he served as a judge on the North Carolina Superior Court Thomas Settle died on August 5, 1857 in Rockingham County and was buried in the family cemetery near Reidsville.