Justice Detail

Justice Jesse B. Thomas Jr.

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Born:
July 31, 1806 in Lebanon, OH
Education:

Transylvania University
Illinois Supreme Court Justice:
1843-1845, 1847-1848
Succeeded:
Richard M. Young, Stephen A. Douglas
Succeeded by:
Norman H. Purple
Represented:
5th Circuit (1843-1845), 7th Circuit (1847-1848)
Political Party
Whig
Other Political Offices:

Illinois House of Representatives (1834-1835), Attorney General (1835-1836), Circuit Court Judge (1837-1839)
Died:
February 21, 1850 in Chicago, IL
Buried:
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL (previously interred at City Cemetery)
Notes:
Portrait courtesy of the Illinois Supreme Court