Luther Jewett

Luther Jewett

Luther Jewett (December 24, 1772 - March 8, 1860) was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795. He studied medicine and practiced in Putney, Vermont.

Jewett was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817). After leaving Congress, he moved to St. Johnsbury. He studied theology and was ordained as a minister and officiated in Newbury 1821-1828. He returned to St. Johnsbury and published the "Farmer’s Herald" 1828-1832 and the "Free Mason’s Friend" 1830-1832. He died in 1860 and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

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