Charles W. Jewett (Indiana politician)

Charles Webster Jewett (b. Jan. 7, 1884, d. Apr. 28, 1961, Indianapolis, Indiana)^[1] was an Indiana lawyer and Republican politician. Jewett, who studied law at Harvard University, was chosen as chairman of the Marion County Republican Committee in 1914. He was the mayor of Indianapolis from 1918 to 1921. In the 1917 Republican primary election for the mayoral candidacy, Jewett had defeated Samuel L. Shank who eventually succeeded him as mayor.^[1] In 1938, Jewett ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives and lost to the incumbent Louis Ludlow.^[2]

References

1 2 David J. Bodenhamer; Robert Graham Barrows (1994). The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-31222-8.
↑ "STATISTICS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 8, 1938" (PDF). Retrieved 22 November 2009.

Preceded by Joseph E. Bell	Mayor of Indianapolis 1918–1922	Succeeded by Samuel L. Shank

Mayors of Indianapolis

Henderson Newcomb Scudder McCready West Coulon Wallace (William J.) Maxwell Caven McCauley Mitchell Caven Grubbs McMaster Denny Sullivan (Thomas L.) Denny Taggart Bookwalter Holtzman Bookwalter Shank Wallace (Henry R.) Bell Jewett Shank Duvall Negley Slack Sullivan (Reginald H.) Kern Jr. Boetcher Sullivan (Reginald H.) Tyndall Denny Feeney Bayt Jr. Emhardt Clark Bayt Jr. Boswell Losche Barton Lugar Hudnut III Goldsmith Peterson Ballard Hogsett

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