Biography

07/18/1881 - 07/20/1944

Benjamin Jarrett (R50) Crawford and Mercer Counties 1911-1914

Early Life:

Benjamin Jarrett, born July 18, 1881, Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; son of James and Catherine Jones Jarrett; public school, education, Wheatland, Pennsylvania; telegraph operator, Pennsylvania Railroad Company; foreman, steel mill, South Sharon, Pennsylvania; studied law; admitted, Mercer County bar, 1907; attorney; private law practice, South Sharon, now Farrell, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; city solicitor of Farrell, Pennsylvania, 1910-1930; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 1911-1914; member, Pennsylvania State Workmen’s Compensation Board, 1919-1923; chairman, Mercer County Republican committee; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh Congresses, 1937-1943, not a candidate for renomination, 1942; resumed law practice; married, Agnes Boyle, children, Frederik Thomas Jarrett, Dorothy Jarrett Bintz; died, July 20, 1944 (age 63 years, 2 days), while on a visit, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; interment, Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

City solicitor of Farrell, Pennsylvania, 1910-1930. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 50th district, Crawford and Mercer Counties, 1911-1914; committee assignments, Appropriations, Canals and Inland Navigation, Game and Fisheries, Municipal Affairs, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water (Chairman), Railroads.

Member, Pennsylvania State Workmen’s Compensation Board, 1919-1923.

Chairman, Mercer County Republican committee. 

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh Congresses, 1937-1943, not a candidate for renomination, 1942.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "J"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1914). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1091, 1097-1100, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1071. 

Benjamin Jarrett (1881-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial