Jesse D. Bright
Jesse Bright | |
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Photograph of Bright, undated | |
| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
| In office June 12, 1860 – June 26, 1860 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Fitzpatrick |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Fitzpatrick |
| In office June 11, 1856 – January 6, 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Charles E. Stuart |
| Succeeded by | James M. Mason |
| In office December 5, 1854 – June 9, 1856 | |
| Preceded by | Lewis Cass |
| Succeeded by | Charles E. Stuart |
| United States Senator from Indiana | |
| In office March 4, 1845 – February 5, 1862 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Smith White |
| Succeeded by | Joseph A. Wright |
| Lieutenant Governor of Indiana | |
| In office December 6, 1843 – March 4, 1845 | |
| Governor | James Whitcomb |
| Preceded by | Samuel Hall |
| Succeeded by | Paris C. Dunning |
| Member of the Indiana Senate | |
| In office 1841–1843 | |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Carroll and Trimble Counties | |
| In office August 5, 1867 – August 7, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | Haydon S. Wright (Carroll) Richard Bell (Trimble) |
| Succeeded by | J. R. Sanders |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jesse David Bright December 18, 1812 Norwich, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 1875 (aged 62) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
Jesse David Bright (December 18, 1812 – May 20, 1875) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and U.S. Senator from Indiana who served as President pro tempore of the Senate on three occasions. He was the only senator from a Northern state to be expelled for being a Confederate sympathizer, and also the last Senator to be expelled on Confederate rebellion. As a leading Copperhead he opposed the Civil War. He was frequently in competition with Governor Joseph A. Wright, the leader of the state's Republican Party.
Bright owned 21 slaves in Kentucky.