| LC control no. | n 85221162 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857 |
| Birth date | 1803-12-05 |
| Death date | 1857-07-29 |
| Place of birth | Pendleton District (S.C.) |
| Place of death | Nacogdoches (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | Hemphill, J. Eulogy on the life and character of the Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, late U.S. Senator from Tex., 1857. Members of Cong. since 1789 (Rusk, Thomas Jefferson; b. 12-5-1803; d. 7-29-1857) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed January 20, 2022 (Rusk, Thomas Jefferson, a Senator from Texas; born in Pendleton District, S.C., December 5, 1803; self-taught; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Georgia; moved to Nacogdoches, Tex., in 1835; delegate to the convention which declared for the independence of Texas in 1836; first Secretary of War of the new Republic; at the Battle of San Jacinto took command of the forces and retained command until October 1836, when he resumed his duties as Secretary of War; member of the Second Congress of the Republic of Texas; chief justice of the supreme court of Texas 1838-1842; appointed major general of militia of the Republic of Texas in 1843; president of the convention that confirmed the annexation of Texas to the United States in 1845; upon the admission of Texas as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate; reelected in 1851 and 1857 and served from February 21, 1846, until his death; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Thirty-fifth Congress; chairman, Committee on Enrolled Bills (Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses), Committee on the Militia (Thirtieth Congress), Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirtieth Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-first through Thirty-fourth Congresses); committed suicide at Nacogdoches, Tex., July 29, 1857; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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