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  Overstreet, Jesse
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NameJesse Overstreet
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Indianapolis, Indiana , United States
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Born December 14, 1859
Died May 27, 1910 (50 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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InfoOVERSTREET, Jesse, a Representative from Indiana; born in Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., December 14, 1859; attended the schools of his native city; was graduated from the Franklin High School in 1877 and from Franklin College in 1882; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Franklin; member of the Republican State central committee of Indiana in 1892; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1909); chairman, 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); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Indianapolis, Ind., May 27, 1910; interment in the Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Ind.


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  11/03/1908 IN - District 07 Lost 48.19% (-0.97%)
  11/06/1906 IN - District 07 Won 52.83% (+9.02%)
  11/08/1904 IN - District 07 Won 57.14% (+18.13%)
  11/04/1902 IN - District 07 Won 51.99% (+8.79%)
  11/06/1900 IN - District 07 Won 52.44% (+6.78%)
  11/08/1898 IN - District 07 Won 51.80% (+5.20%)
  11/03/1896 IN - District 07 Won 53.82% (+9.05%)
  11/06/1894 IN - District 05 Won 49.47% (+5.06%)
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