Goldsmith W. Hewitt

Goldsmith W. Hewitt

Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (born February 14, 1834 near Elyton (now Birmingham ), Jefferson County , Alabama , † May 27, 1895 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Goldsmith Hewitt attended village schools. After the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate Army in June 1861 , where he initially held the rank of private in Company B, 10th Regiment , Alabama Infantry . The following year he was promoted to captain and then served in C Company, 28th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. After the end of the war he graduated from the Law Department of Cumberland University in Lebanon ( Tennessee ) in 1866 . He was admitted to the bar in the same year and then started practicing in Birmingham.

Hewitt also had a political career. He held a seat in the Alabama House of Representatives between 1870 and 1871 . He was then a member of the Alabama Senate between 1872 and 1874 , where he resigned from his office last year. Hewitt was elected to the 44th Congress and re-elected to the subsequent 45th Congress . He served in the US House of Representatives from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1879. He later served again in Congress . He was re-elected to the 47th and 48th Congresses , where he served from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1885. During this time he chaired the Committee on Pensions (48th Congress). Hewitt decided against running for the 49th Congress in 1884 and returned to his legal practice after his term was up. He was also a member of the Alabama House of Representatives again between 1886 and 1888.

Hewitt died in Birmingham in 1895 and was buried there in Oak Hill Cemetery .

Web links

• Goldsmith W. Hewitt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Goldsmith W. Hewitt in the database of Find a Grave (English)