Jesse Overstreet Explained

Jesse Overstreet
State:Indiana
Term Start:March 4, 1897
Term End:March 3, 1909
Predecessor:Charles L. Henry
Successor:Charles A. Korbly
State1:Indiana
Term Start1:March 4, 1895
Term End1:March 3, 1897
Predecessor1:George W. Cooper
Successor1:George W. Faris
Birth Date:14 December 1859
Birth Place:Franklin, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

Jesse E. Overstreet (December 14, 1859  - May 27, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1909. In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimately passed as the Gold Standard Act.

Biography

Born in Franklin, Indiana, Overstreet attended the schools of his native city.He was graduated from the Franklin High School in 1877 and from Franklin College in 1882.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Franklin.He served as member of the Republican State central committee of Indiana in 1892.

Congress

Overstreet was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1909).[1] He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Fifty-eighth through Sixtieth Congresses).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of his profession.

He died in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 27, 1910.He was interred in the Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Indiana.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 . GovInfo.gov . U.S. Government Printing Office . 2 July 2023 . 29 . 9 November 1903.