Joshua Jewett

Joshua Jewitt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by	Clement S. Hill
Succeeded by	John Y. Brown
Personal details
Born	(1815-09-30)September 30, 1815 Deer Creek, Maryland
Died	July 14, 1861(1861-07-14) (aged 45) Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Political party	Democratic
Relations	Brother of Hugh Judge Jewett
Profession	Lawyer
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Joshua Husband Jewett (September 30, 1815 – July 14, 1861) was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the brother of Hugh Judge Jewett. He was born at Deer Creek, Maryland. 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

References

• Joshua Jewett at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. p. 273. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 

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