Jesse Atherton Bynum
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Jessee Atherton Bynum (1797 - 1868) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Halifax County, North Carolina, May 23, 1797; attended Princeton College in 1818 and 1819; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Halifax, North Carolina; member of the house of commons of North Carolina in 1823, 1824, and 1827-1830; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and as a Democrat to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1841); moved to Alexandria, Louisiana, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Alexandria, La., September 23, 1868; interment in Rapides Cemetery, Pineville, Louisiana.
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- Twenty-third United States Congress
- Twenty-fourth United States Congress
- Twenty-fifth United States Congress
- Twenty-sixth United States Congress
- U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry
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