Joseph Cable (April 17, 1801 – May 1, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a

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from Ohio for two terms from 1849 to 1853. He was the great-grandfather of Congressman John Levi Cable.

Life and career

Born in Jefferson County, then in the

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(now in the State of Ohio), Cable attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jefferson County. He established and published the ''Jeffersonian and Democrat'' at Steubenville, Ohio, in 1831 and later the ''Ohio Patriot'' at

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Congress

Cable was elected as a

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to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853), while living in Carroll County. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.

Later life

He moved to

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, in 1853 and published the ''Daily Sandusky Minor'', until moving to Van Wert in 1857 and establishing the ''American'' and later the ''Bulletin''. After a time living in

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and publishing the ''Wauseon Republican'', he moved to Paulding, where he published the ''Political Review''.

Death

He died on May 1, 1880, and was interred in Live Oak Cemetery.

References

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