Goldsmith W. Hewitt
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's6th district
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885
Preceded by	Newton Nash Clements
Succeeded by	John Mason Martin
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromAlabama's6th district
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	Joseph Humphrey Sloss
Succeeded by	Burwell Boykin Lewis
Member of theAlabama Senate
In office 1872-1874
Member of theAlabama House of Representatives
In office 1870-1871 1886-1888
Personal details
Born	Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (1834-02-14)February 14, 1834 Elyton, Alabama
Died	May 27, 1895(1895-05-27) (aged 61) Birmingham, Alabama
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery[1] Birmingham, Alabama
Party	Democratic
Spouse	HarrietEarle

Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (February 14, 1834 – May 27, 1895) was aU.S. representative fromAlabama.

Born near Elyton (now Birmingham),Jefferson County, Alabama, Hewitt attended the country schools. Entered theConfederate States Army in June 1861 as a private in Company B,10th Regiment Alabama Infantry. Promoted to captain of Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, in 1862. Graduated fromCumberland School of Law atCumberland University,Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1866.Admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice inBirmingham, Alabama.^[2]

Hewitt served as member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871, and as a member of the State senate from 1872 to 1874, resigning in the latter year. Elected as aDemocrat to theForty-fourth andForty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879). Elected to theForty-seventh andForty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885). Served as chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Forty-eighth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884.^[2]

Hewitt resumed the practice of law and again served as member of the State house of representatives in 1886–1888. He died inBirmingham, Alabama, on May 27, 1895, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.^[2]

• United States Congress."Goldsmith W. Hewitt (id: H000553)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-5-12

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