Rusk, Thomas Jefferson

Born: 1803 AD
Died: 1857 AD, at 54 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None

Texan-US army officer, jurist, and Democratic politician

chief justice of Republic of Texas supreme court 1838-1842

president of 1845 convention confirming US annexation of Republic of Texas

Senator from Texas 1846-1857

president pro tempore of Senate 1857

suicide

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