Background
Niles, Jason was born on December 19, 1814 in Burlington, Vermont, United States.
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Niles, Jason was born on December 19, 1814 in Burlington, Vermont, United States.
Born in Burlington, Vermont, Niles attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1837. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1851 and he had a practice in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
He taught school in Ohio and Tennessee for a number of years. Niles was elected as a Republican to the 43rd Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the 44th Congress.
He was editor of the Kosciusko Chronicle from 1876-1880.
He ultimately resumed his law practise. He died in Kosciusko, Mississippi, July 7, 1894 and was interred in the City Cemetery.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1851, 1865, and 1868, served as member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1870, and as a circuit judge for the thirteenth judicial district in 1871 and 1872.