Thomas M. Jett

Thomas Marion Jett (* May 1, 1862 in Greenville, Illinois, † January 10, 1939 in Litchfield, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1903 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Jett attended the public schools of his home and then two years the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso. After that, he worked for some time as a teacher in his home in Illinois. After a subsequent law degree in 1887 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Nokomis in this profession. He later moved to Hillsboro. Between 1889 and 1896 acted as Jett prosecutor in Montgomery County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1896 Jett was the 18th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William FL Hadley on March 4, 1897. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1903 three legislative periods. In this time of the Spanish-American War was from 1898. In 1902 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Jett again practiced as a lawyer. He was also engaged in farming. In the years 1900 and 1908, he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. In 1909 he became a judge in the fourth judicial district of Illinois. This office he held until his death. Between 1922 and 1936 he was also a member of the Appeals Chamber in the second judicial district of his state. Thomas Jett died on January 10, 1939 in Litchfield and was buried in Hillsboro.