Joseph Cable (April 17, 1801 – May 1, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served as aU.S. Representative fromOhio for two terms from 1849 to 1853. He was the great-grandfather of CongressmanJohn Levi Cable.

Born inJefferson County, then in theTerritory Northwest of the River Ohio (now in the State of Ohio), Cable attended the public schools. He studied law. He wasadmitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jefferson County. He established and published theJeffersonian and Democrat atSteubenville, Ohio, in 1831 and later theOhio Patriot atNew Lisbon, Ohio.

Cable was elected as aDemocrat to theThirty-first andThirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853), while living inCarroll County.^[1][2]He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.

He moved toSandusky, Ohio, in 1853 and published theDaily Sandusky Minor, until moving toVan Wert in 1857 and establishing theAmerican and later theBulletin. After a time living inWauseon and publishing theWauseon Republican, he moved toPaulding, where he published thePolitical Review.

He died on May 1, 1880, and was interred in Live Oak Cemetery.

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