Joseph Cable
Joseph Cable | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 17th district | |
| In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | George Fries |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Shannon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 17, 1801 |
| Died | May 1, 1880 (aged 79) Paulding, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Live Oak Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
Joseph Cable (April 17, 1801 – May 1, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1849 to 1853. He was the great-grandfather of Congressman John Levi Cable.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Jefferson County, then in the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio (now in the State of Ohio), Cable attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jefferson County. He established and published the Jeffersonian and Democrat at Steubenville, Ohio, in 1831 and later the Ohio Patriot at New Lisbon, Ohio.
Congress
[edit | edit source]Cable was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853), while living in Carroll County.[1][2] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.
Later life
[edit | edit source]He moved to Sandusky, Ohio, in 1853 and published the Daily Sandusky Minor, until moving to Van Wert in 1857 and establishing the American and later the Bulletin. After a time living in Wauseon and publishing the Wauseon Republican, he moved to Paulding, where he published the Political Review.
Death
[edit | edit source]He died on May 1, 1880, and was interred in Live Oak Cemetery.
References
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- 1801 births
- 1880 deaths
- People from Jefferson County, Ohio
- People from Carroll County, Ohio
- 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
- Ohio lawyers
- 19th-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- 19th-century American male writers
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- Journalists from Ohio
- People from Steubenville, Ohio
- People from Sandusky, Ohio
- People from Wauseon, Ohio
- People from Paulding, Ohio
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century United States representatives