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Sep 30, 1815 Died on 14 Jul 1861 (aged 45)
American politician
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About Joshua Jewett
- 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
