{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} <!-- This article was automatically created by User:polbot from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000144. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jesse Overstreet | image = JesseOverstreet.jpg | office = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana | term_start = March 4, 1895 | term_end = March 3, 1909 | predecessor = George W. Cooper (5th)<br/>Charles L. Henry (7th) | successor = George W. Faris (5th)<br/>Charles A. Korbly (7th) | constituency = {{ushr|IN|5|5th district}} (1895-97)<br/>{{ushr|IN|7|7th district}} (1897-1909) | birth_date = {{birth date|1859|12|14}} | birth_place = Franklin, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1910|05|27|1859|12|14}} | death_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | signature = Signature of Jesse Overstreet (1859–1910).png }} '''Jesse E. Overstreet''' (December 14, 1859 &ndash; May 27, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1909. In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimately passed as the Gold Standard Act.{{citation needed | date=May 2022}}

==Biography== Born in Franklin, Indiana, Overstreet attended the schools of his native city. He was graduated from the Franklin High School in 1877 and from Franklin College in 1882. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Franklin. He served as member of the Republican State central committee of Indiana in 1892.

==Congress== Overstreet was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1909).<ref name="cd">{{cite web |title=S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/SERIALSET-04562_00_00-001-0001-0000 |website=GovInfo.gov |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |access-date=2 July 2023 |page=29 |date=9 November 1903}}</ref> He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Fifty-eighth through Sixtieth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.

==Later career and death== He resumed the practice of his profession.

He died in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 27, 1910. He was interred in the Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus, Indiana.

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