Jesse Slocumb was a U.S. Congressional Representative

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Slocumb was born in Spring Bank, North Carolina, in 1780. He completed he preparatory studies and then engaged in agricultural pursuits. He held several local offices and was a member of the court of pleas and quarter sessions of the county. He served as the register of deeds from 1802 until 1808.

He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1817, until his death in Washington, D.C.

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, on December 20, 1820. He was buried in the Congressional Cemetery

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