Joshua Jewett

Joshua Jewett (1859)

Joshua Husband Jewett (born September 30, 1815 in Deer Creek , Harford County , Maryland , † July 14, 1861 in Elizabethtown , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1859 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joshua Jewett was the older brother of Hugh J. Jewett (1817-1898), who represented the state of Ohio in Congress between 1873 and 1874 . He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1836, he began to work in Elizabethtown in this profession. At times he was also a District Attorney in Hardin County .

Jewett was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1854 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Clement S. Hill of the Whig Party on March 4, 1855 . After a re-election in 1856, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1859, which were overshadowed by the events and discussions leading up to the civil war. From 1855 to 1857 Jewett was chairman of the War Department's Expenditure Control Committee; between 1857 and 1859 he headed the Pension Committee.

In 1858 Joshua Jewett lost to John Young Brown . After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on July 14, 1861 in Elizabethtown and was buried there.

Web links

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• Joshua Jewett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joshua Jewett in the database of Find a Grave (English)