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Jesse Burgess Thomas | |
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| United States Senator from Illinois | |
| In office December 3, 1818 – March 3, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | John McLean |
| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Indiana Territory's at-large district | |
| In office October 22, 1808 – March 3, 1809 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Parke |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Jennings |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jesse Burgess Thomas 1777 Shepherdstown, Virginia, British America (now West Virginia) |
| Died | May 2, 1853 (aged 75–76) Mount Vernon, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican (Before 1824) National Republican (1824–1834) |
Jesse Burgess Thomas (1777 – May 2, 1853) was an American lawyer, judge and politician who served as a delegate from the Indiana Territory to the tenth Congress and later served as president of the Constitutional Convention which led to Illinois being admitted to the Union. He became one of Illinois' first two Senators, and is best known as the author of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. After his retirement from the U.S. Senate in 1829 he lived the rest of his life in Ohio.[1][2]