James Noble (senator), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

James Noble (senator)

American politician from Indiana

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1785

Place of Birth: Berryville, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1831

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About James Noble (senator)

  • James Noble (December 16, 1785 – February 26, 1831) was the first U.S.
  • Senator from the U.S.
  • state of Indiana. Noble was born near Berryville, Virginia and moved with his parents to Campbell County, Kentucky when he was 10.
  • There he studied law and he became an attorney, after which he moved to Indiana and settled in Brookville around 1808. Once settled in Indiana he became a ferryboat operator, a judge and a member of the state's first constitutional convention, in 1816, as a delegate from Franklin County. He was elected to the first session of the Indiana State House of Representatives in 1816. He was elected as a Crawford faction Democratic Republican (later an anti-Jacksonian Democrat) to the United States Senate in 1816.
  • He was reelected to two more terms and served from December 11, 1816, until his death in 1831. While in the Senate he was chairman of the U.S.
  • Senate Committee on Pensions for the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 20th Congresses, and chairman of the U.S.
  • Committee on the Militia for the 16th and 17th Congresses. He died in Washington, D.C.
  • and is buried in the Congressional Cemetery.

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