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Thomas Settle (North Carolina, 53rd–54th Congress)

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Thomas Settle
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
Preceded byArchibald H.A. Williams
Succeeded byWilliam W. Kitchin
Personal details
Born(1865-03-10)March 10, 1865
near Wentworth, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJanuary 20, 1919(1919-01-20) (aged 53)
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeOakdale Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Alma materGeorgetown University
Occupationlawyer

Thomas Settle (March 10, 1865 – January 20, 1919) was an American lawyer who served for two terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1893 to 1897. A Republican, he was the son of Thomas Settle, a judge and politician in North Carolina, and a grandson of Thomas Settle (1789–1857), also a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

Biography

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Thomas Settle was born near Wentworth, Rockingham County, N.C., on March 10, 1865. He attended the public schools and Georgetown University, studied law in Greensboro; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Wentworth.

Career

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Settle served as solicitor of the ninth judicial district (1886–1894) before he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897).

Settle was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896.

Career after Congress

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He resumed the practice of law in Asheville, N.C.; was appointed by the Department of Justice as special attorney to the United States Court of Customs in New York City in 1909, and served in that capacity until 1910.

Like his father before him, Settle ran unsuccessfully for Governor of North Carolina. As the Republican nominee in 1912, he came in third behind winner Locke Craig and Progressive Party nominee Iredell Meares.[1]

Death

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Settle died in Asheville, NC, on January 20, 1919. He is buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.

Notes

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  • United States Congress. "Thomas Settle (id: S000253)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Thomas Settle at Find a Grave
Party political offices
Preceded by
J. Elwood Cox
Republican nominee for Governor of North Carolina
1912
Succeeded by
Frank A. Linney
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 6th congressional district

1893–1897
Succeeded by