Joshua Husband Jewett (September 30, 1815 – July 14, 1861) was a
United States representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
from
Kentucky
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and the brother of
Hugh Judge Jewett
Hugh Judge Jewett (July 1, 1817 – March 6, 1898) was an American railroader and politician. He served as the United States representative from Ohio's 12th congressional district in the 43rd United States Congress.
Early life
Jewett was bor ...
. He was born at
Deer Creek, Maryland
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. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was
admitted to the bar in 1836 commencing practice in
Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Jewett served as the
prosecuting attorney of
Hardin County, Kentucky. He was elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-fourth and
Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Thirty-fourth Congress), and as chairman, Committee on Invalid Pensions (Thirty-fifth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the
Thirty-sixth Congress. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Elizabethtown, Kentucky in 1861 and was buried in the City Cemetery
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1815 births
1861 deaths
People from Hardin County, Kentucky
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
19th-century American politicians