Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (February 14, 1834 – May 27, 1895) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...
.
Biography
Born near Elyton (now Birmingham),
Jefferson County, Alabama, Hewitt attended the country schools. Entered the
Confederate States Army
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in June 1861 as a private in Company B,
10th Regiment Alabama Infantry. Promoted to captain of Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, in 1862. Graduated from
Cumberland School of Law
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at
Cumberland University
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History
1842-1861
The university was founded by the Cumberlan ...
,
Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1866.
Admitted to the bar
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the same year and commenced practice in
Birmingham, Alabama
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.
Hewitt served as member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871, and as a member of the State senate from 1872 to 1874, resigning in the latter year. Elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Forty-fourth and
Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879). Elected to the
Forty-seventh and
Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885). Served as chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Forty-eighth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884.
Hewitt resumed the practice of law and again served as member of the State house of representatives in 1886–1888. He died in
Birmingham, Alabama
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, on May 27, 1895 and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Notes
References
Retrieved on 2009-5-12
External links
Goldsmith Hewitt IIbhamwiki.com
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1834 births
1895 deaths
Democratic Party Alabama state senators
Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
Alabama lawyers
Confederate States Army officers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers