Hugh J. Jewett

Hugh J. Jewett

Hugh Judge Jewett (born July 1, 1817 in Harford County , Maryland , †  March 6, 1898 in Augusta , Georgia ) was an American politician . In 1873 and 1874 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hugh Jewett was the younger brother of Joshua Jewett (1815-1861), who represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives. He attended preparatory schools and then the Hopewell Academy in Pennsylvania . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1838, he began to work in St. Clairsville , Ohio in this profession. After a detour via Columbus , he came to Zanesville in 1848 , where he became president of the local branch of the State Bank in 1852 . In 1854 he assumed the office of federal attorney for the southern district of Ohio. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1853 he was a member of the Ohio Senate ; In 1855 he became a member of the House of Representatives of his state. Jewett also got into the railroad business and became president of the Central Ohio Railroad in 1857 . Then he founded the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad . He is also one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Railroad .

In 1861, Hugh Jewett ran unsuccessfully for governor . Two years later he failed in the US Senate elections . Between 1868 and 1869 he was again in the Ohio House of Representatives. In 1871 he was an advisor to the Pennsylvania Railway System . In the 1872 congressional election , Jewett was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Philadelph Van Trump on March 4, 1873 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his resignation on June 23, 1874. This came after he had become President of the then financially troubled Erie Railroad . He soon succeeded in stabilizing this railway company and bringing it back to profitability. He retired in 1884, which he spent in New York City . He died on March 6, 1898 while visiting Georgia and was buried in Zanesville.

Web links

• Hugh J. Jewett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hugh J. Jewett in the database of Find a Grave (English)