{{short description|American physician, clergyman, and politician from Vermont}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Luther Jewett |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1772|12|24|mf=y}} |birth_place = Canterbury, Connecticut Colony, British America |state1 = Vermont |district1 = at-large |term_start1 = March 4, 1815 |term_end1 = March 3, 1817 |preceded1 = William Strong |succeeded1 = Mark Richards |office2 = Assistant Judge of Caledonia County, Vermont |term_start2 = 1812 |term_end2 = 1814 |alongside2 = John W. Chandler |predecessor2 = John W. Chandler, William Cahoon |successor2 = John W. Chandler, William Cahoon |death_date = {{death date and age|1860|3|8|1772|12|24|mf=y}} |death_place = St. Johnsbury, Vermont, U.S. |resting_place = Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Saint Johnsbury |spouse = Betsey Adams Jewett and Nancy Chamberlain Jewett |children = Mira Jane Jewett Abbott and Martha Jewett Lefevre |profession = doctor, minister, congressman |party = Federalist }}
'''Luther Jewett''' (December 24, 1772{{spnd}}March 8, 1860) was an American medical doctor, minister and politician. He served as a United States representative from Vermont for one term from 1815 to 1817.
==Biography== Jewett was born in Canterbury in the Connecticut Colony to Daniel and Zilpha (Hibbard) Jewett. He graduated from Dartmouth College, A.B., in 1795. He studied medicine and began to practice in Putney, Vermont, in 1800. In 1810, Jewett received his M.B. from Dartmouth.<ref name="PA388" />
=== Congress === In 1814, Jewett was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817.<ref name="congress 406009" />
=== Later career === After leaving Congress, Jewett moved to St. Johnsbury and studied theology. He was ordained as a pastor of the Congregation Church and Society<ref name="bVFJAAAAMAAJ" /> and officiated in Newbury from 1821 to 1828. Jewett returned to St. Johnsbury and published the ''Farmer’s Herald'' from 1828 to 1832, and the ''Free Mason’s Friend'' from 1830 to 1832.<ref name="bioguide J000107" />
==Family life== Jewett's first wife was Betsey Adams Jewett and their only child, Mira Jane Jewett Abbott, was born in 1809. Jewett's second wife was Nancy Chamberlain Jewett, and their daughter, Martha Jewett Lefevre, was born in 1817.
==Death== Jewett died on March 8, 1860, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Saint Johnsbury,<ref name="history J000107" /> along with both of his wives.
==References== {{Reflist|2|refs= <ref name="PA388">{{cite book|last=Brown|first=John Howard|title=The Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Comprising the Men and Women of the United States Who Have Been Identified with the Growth of the Nation, Volume 4|year=2006|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|pages=388|isbn=9781425486259|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLTByjPIkCwC&pg=PA388 }}</ref>
<ref name="congress 406009">{{cite web|url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/luther_jewett/406009 |title= Rep. Luther Jewett|publisher=govtrack.us|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="bVFJAAAAMAAJ">{{cite book|last=Cooke|first=S.|title=The Quarterly Christian Spectator, Volume 3|year=1821|pages=221|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVFJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA221 }}</ref>
<ref name="history J000107">[https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/J/JEWETT,-Luther-(J000107)/ United States House of Representatives]</ref>
<ref name="bioguide J000107">{{cite web|url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000107|title=JEWETT, Luther, (1772 - 1860)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= October 24, 2012}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{CongBio|J000107}} * {{Find a Grave|13505541}} * [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/luther_jewett/406009 govtrack.us] * [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jewett.html The Political Graveyard]
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Category:Medical doctors from Vermont Category:People from Canterbury, Connecticut Category:Vermont state court judges Category:Dartmouth College alumni Category:Federalist Party United States representatives from Vermont Category:19th-century United States representatives