Hugh Judge Jewett | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's12th district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – June 23, 1874 | |
| Preceded by | Philadelph Van Trump |
| Succeeded by | William E. Finck |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives fromMuskingum County | |
| In office January 6, 1868 – January 2, 1870 | |
| Preceded by | A.W. Shipley Perry Wiles |
| Succeeded by | Edward Ball Elias Ellis |
| Member of theOhio Senate from the 15th district | |
| In office January 2, 1854 – January 6, 1856 | |
| Preceded by | William E. Finck |
| Succeeded by | Eli A. Spencer |
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| Born | (1817-07-01)July 1, 1817 Harford County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1898(1898-03-06) (aged 80) Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery,Zanesville, Ohio |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouses | |
| Relations | Joshua Jewett (brother) Julia Hoyt (granddaughter) |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) | John Jewett Susannah Judge |
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Hugh Judge Jewett (July 1, 1817 – March 6, 1898) was an Americanrailroader andpolitician. He served as theUnited States representative fromOhio's 12th congressional district in the43rd United States Congress.[1]
Jewett was born atHarford County, Maryland, but spent most of his life inOhio atZanesville andColumbus.[2] He was the son of John Jewett (1777–1854) and Susannah Judge (1778–1853).[3] He was also the younger brother ofJoshua Husband Jewett (1815–1861), a United States Congressman from Kentucky.[4]
He attended Hopewell Academy inChester County, Pennsylvania, before moving to Ohio as a young man and attendingHiram College. He wasadmitted to the bar atSt. Clairsville in 1840 after studying withJames Black Groome, who later becameGovernor of Maryland. He formed a law practice with Isaac Eaton, who became a prominent lawyer in Kansas.[3]
In 1848, he moved to Zanesville, where he formed a law practice withJohn O'Neill, a member of Congress. He also served as president of the Muskingum branch of the State Bank of Ohio in 1852.[1] In 1857, he served as president of theCentral Ohio Railroad Company and organized thePittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company as well as thePennsylvania Railroad.[1][5]
In 1852, he waspresidential elector, and supportedFranklin Pierce for president.[2] He was a member of theOhio House of Representatives and theOhio State Senate. In 1860, he ran for Congress and, in 1861, forOhio Governor. He was a candidate for theUnited States Senate in 1863, losing each time as aDemocrat.[2] From March 4, 1873, to June 23, 1874, he served asUnited States Representative fromOhio's 12th congressional district in the43rd United States Congress.[1]
Jewett resigned his seat on June 23, 1874, and moved toNew York City in order to become president of theErie Railroad,[6] which he served from July 1874 until October 1884.[7] At the beginning of his tenure, the railroad was reorganized as theNew York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad.[8] On June 22, 1880, he led the railroad in converting from a6 ft (1,829 mm)broad gauge tostandard gauge,4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm). In 1884,[9] he retired from the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad and resided in New York City until his death.[2]
The borough ofMount Jewett, Pennsylvania, is named for him, as he was president of the NYLE&WRR when it brought rail service to that area.[10]
On June 20, 1840, Jewett was married to Sarah Jane Ellis (1819–1850) in St. Clairsville, Ohio.[3] Sarah was one of five daughters born to Judge Ezer and Nancy (née McKinley) Ellis.[11] One of her sisters was married to Ohio GovernorWilson Shannon, another to Rep.William Kennon, another toGeorge Washington Manypenny, and another to Col. Isaac Eaton.[11] Her mother was related to PresidentWilliam McKinley.[3] Together, they were the parents of:[3]
After his first wife's death in 1850, he remarried to Sarah Elizabeth (née Guthrie) Kelly (1823–1901) inPutnam, Ohio, on April 10, 1853.[3] Sarah was the widow of Chauncey Regan Kelly, the daughter of Julius Chappell and Pamelia (née Buckingham) Guthrie, and a descendant ofThomas Welles,Chad Brown,Abraham Pierson, and several other prominent colonial figures.[3] Together, they were the parents of:[3]
Jewett died on March 6, 1898, at theBon Air Hotel inAugusta, Georgia.[18] He was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery inZanesville, Ohio.[1]
Through his daughter Sarah, he was the grandfather of Sarah Jewett Robbins (b. 1890),[19] awomen's suffragist[20] who was married to John W. Minturn in 1910,[21] Van Rensselaer Choate King (1880–1927),[22] from 1918 until their divorce in 1923,[23] and William Lawrence Marsh.[24] He was also the grandfather ofJulia Wainwright Robbins (1897–1955), the prominent actress who appeared both on stage and in silent films.[25][26]
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