15 Facts About Jesse Franklin

Jesse Franklin was the Democratic-Republican US senator from the US state of North Carolina between 1799 and 1805 and between 1807 and 1813.

In 1804, Franklin briefly served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate.

Jesse Franklin later served as the 20th Governor of North Carolina from 1820 to 1821.

Jesse Franklin was the brother of Meshack Jesse Franklin, who served in Congress.

Jesse Franklin was the son of Bernard and Mary Franklin, the third of seven sons.

Jesse Franklin moved to North Carolina with his father in 1774 and served as a major during the Revolutionary War.

Jesse Franklin was in the Battle of Kings Mountain and served as Adjutant of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's battalion.

Jesse Franklin performed further service in partisan warfare against Tories in North Carolina, service that continued to the end of the war.

Jesse Franklin was then elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4,1799 to March 4,1805.

Jesse Franklin was put up by the Legislature for re-election in December 1804, but Republicans at the time were divided in their support of him and Federalists did not think highly of him, and he was defeated.

Jesse Franklin served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Eighth Congress.

Jesse Franklin was appointed a commissioner to negotiate with the Chickasaw Indians near the site of present-day Memphis in 1817, an appointment he accepted at the request of General Andrew Jackson.

Jesse Franklin was Governor of North Carolina from 1820 to 1821.

Jesse Franklin advocated reform in the treatment of criminals, including abolition of ear cropping.

Jesse Franklin died in Surry County, North Carolina on August 31,1823.