Thomas Settle (North Carolina, 15th–16th Congress), Date of Birth, Date of Death

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

Congressional Representative from North Carolina

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1789

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1857

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Thomas Settle (March 9, 1789 – August 5, 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 from 1832 to 1857.
[1] He died in Rockingham County, North Carolina, August 5, 1857; interment in the Settle family graveyard, near Reidsville, N.C. His son was also named Thomas Settle (1831–1888), as was his grandson, Thomas Settle III.
David Settle Reid was his nephew.