Thomas Settle (politician)

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This page is about Thomas Settle (NC politician) who lived from 1789 - 1857. For Thomas Settle (NC politician) of 1865 - 1919, see Thomas Settle III

Thomas Settle (1789 - 1857) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina from 1817 to 1821.

Settle was born near Reidsville, North Carolina, March 9, 1789; educated by private tutors; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1812 and commenced practice in Wentworth, North Carolina. He was elected to the State House of Commons in 1816; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1820. Settle resumed the practice of law, was again a member of the State House of Commons, from c. 1826-1829, and served as speaker in the last session. Later, Settle served as a judge of the superior court of North Carolina in 1832. He died in Rockingham County, North Carolina, August 5, 1857; interment in the Settle family graveyard, near Reidsville, N.C.

He was the father of Thomas Settle (Jr.) (1831-1888), grandfather of Thomas Settle III and uncle of David Settle Reid.