Jesse SLOCUMB, Congress, NC (1780-1820)

SLOCUMB Jesse , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Spring Bank, Dobbs (later Wayne) County, N.C., in 1780; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits; held several local offices; member of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county; register of deeds 1802-1808; elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1817, until his death in Washington, D.C., December 20, 1820; interment in Congressional Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present