Background
Rusk, Thomas Jefferson was born on December 5, 1803 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States. Son of John and Mary (Sterritt) Rusk.
Rusk, Thomas Jefferson was born on December 5, 1803 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States. Son of John and Mary (Sterritt) Rusk.
General Militia of Republic of Texas Chief justice Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas
Member House of Representatives in 2d Congress of Republic of Texas, 1838. Member United States Senate from Texas, February 21, 1846-July 29, 1857, supported administration in Mexican War, sponsored final settlement of Texas debt, 1854, president pro tem, 1857.
Married Mary F. Cleveland, 1827, 7 children.