Benjamin Bryant Jarrett (July 18, 1881 – July 20, 1944) was a
Republican
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member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Benjamin Jarrett was born in
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Sharon is a city in western Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city, located along the banks of the Shenango River on the state border with Ohio, is about northeast of Youngstown, about southeast of Cleveland and about northwest o ...
. He worked as a
telegraph
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operator and later as foreman in a steel mill. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in
Farrell, Pennsylvania
Farrell is a city in western Mercer County, Pennsylvania, along the Shenango River. The population was 4,258 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area.
History
Once dubbed "The Magic City," Farrell sprang up pr ...
. He was city solicitor of Farrell from 1910 to 1930. He served in the
Pennsylvania State Senate
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from 1911 to 1913. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Workmen's Compensation Board from 1919 to 1923. He served as chairman of
Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Mercer County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 110,652. Its county seat is Mercer, and its largest city is Hermitage. The county was created in 1800 and later organized in 1803.
Merce ...
, Republican committee.
Jarrett was elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-fifth,
Seventy-sixth, and
Seventy-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1942
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January
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. He resumed the practice of law, and died, while on a visit to
Zanesville, Ohio
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. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Sharon, Pennsylvania.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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1944 deaths
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