7-TERM GOLD STANDARD ACT US REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN INDIANA AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF

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7-TERM GOLD STANDARD ACT US REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN INDIANA AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF :
$14.99

JESSE OVERSTREET

(1859 - 1910)

7-TERM US REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM INDIANA 1895-1909&

Overtreet also served as a member ofthe powerful Republican State Central Committee of Indiana in 1892!

HERE\'S AN AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE CARD SIGNED BY OVERSTREET:

“Jesse Overstreet

7thInda”

The document is executed on heavy paper stock measuring 3¾” x 2¼” and isin VERY FINE, CLEAN CONDITION.

A RARE ADDITION TO YOUR INDIANA POLITICAL HISTORYAUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLE

JESSE OVERSTREET

Jesse E. Overstreet (December 14, 1859 –May 27, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimately passed asthe Gold Standard Act.

Born in Franklin, Indiana, Overstreet attended the schools ofhis native city. He was graduated from the Franklin High School in 1877 andfrom Franklin College in 1882. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commencedpractice in Franklin. He served as member of the Republican State Central Committeeof Indiana in 1892.

Overstreet was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses(March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1909). He served as chairman of the Committee onExpenditures in the Department of Justice (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on the PostOffice and Post Roads (Fifty-eighth through Sixtieth Congresses). He was an unsuccessfulcandidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress. He resumed the practice ofhis profession. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 27, 1910. He was interred in theColumbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Indiana.

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