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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Joshua H. Jewett |
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Elizabethtown, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 30, 1815
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| Died | July 14, 1861
(45 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | JEWETT, Joshua Husband, (brother of Hugh Judge Jewett), a Representative from Kentucky; born at Deer Creek, Harford County, Md., September 30, 1815; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Elizabethtown, Ky.; prosecuting attorney of Hardin County; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Thirty-fourth Congress), Committee on Invalid Pensions (Thirty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., July 14, 1861; interment in the City Cemetery.
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