Hugh J. Jewett

Quill platform ID: p15805.

(July 1, 1817 — March 6, 1898) Hugh Judge Jewett was a politician, lawyer, and businessman. Jewett was born in Deer Creek, Maryland in 1817 and moved to Ohio in 1838. He attended school at Hopewell Academy, studied law in Elkton, Maryland, and was admitted to the bar in 1838. In Ohio, Jewett acted as President of the branch State bank and United States attorney for the southern district of Ohio. He also served in the State House of Representatives (1855) and the State Senate (1853). In 1857, Jewett became involved in the railroad business and organized the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Co. and the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 until June 1874, when he resigned to act as President of the Erie Railroad Company. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000105]

Member of Ohio Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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