Harvey Jewell

Harvey Jewell
Speaker of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Worcester, Massachusetts
In office
1868–1871
Preceded by James M. Stone
Succeeded by John E. Sanford
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1861–1871
Personal details
Born May 26, 1820
Winchester, New Hampshire
Died December 8, 1881
Boston, Massachusetts
Political party Whig, Republican
Alma mater Dartmouth College, 1844
Profession Lawyer

Harvey Jewell (*May 26, 1820 December 8, 1881) was a U.S. lawyer and politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1868 to 1871. Jewell was born in Winchester, New Hampshire on May 26, 1820, the first of ten children born to Pliny and Emily Alexander Jewell. His younger brother, Marshall Jewell (1825-1883) would later be elected Governor of Connecticut and would serve as President Grant's United States Postmaster General.

Jewell graduated from Dartmouth College in 1844. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1847 where he began his legal career and became active in local and state politics. Jewell wed Susan A. Bradley on December 26, 1849. Jewell was originally a Whig until the dissolution of the party in the 1850s and later became a Republican. In 1861 he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was re-elected for the 1862 session. He returned again to serve from 1866 until 1871, serving his last four 1-year terms as Speaker. Jewell acquired a reputation for "able and impartial rulings." After his retirement from the general court, he served on the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims from 1875-76.

At his residence on Beacon Street in Boston, he owned "a magnificent library, stored with the choicest and most valuable gems of literature." Jewell was an enthusiastic fisherman, and an expert in the capture of striped bass off the rocks at Swampscott, Massachusetts, where he had a summer cottage.

Jewell died in Boston at the age of 61 on December 8, 1881.

Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by
James M. Stone
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
1868 1871
Succeeded by
John E. Sanford


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