Benjamin Bryant Jarrett (July 18, 1881 – July 20, 1944) was a Republican member of the

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from

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Biography

Benjamin Jarrett was born in

Sharon, Pennsylvania Sharon is a city in western Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city, located along the banks of the Shenango River on the state border with Ohio, is about northeast of Youngstown, about southeast of Cleveland and about northwe ...

. He worked as a

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operator and later as foreman in a steel mill. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in

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. He was city solicitor of Farrell from 1910 to 1930. He served in the

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from 1911 to 1913. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Workmen's Compensation Board from 1919 to 1923. He served as chairman of

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, Republican committee. Jarrett was elected as a Republican in 1937, and served until 1943, meaning he served in the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He resumed the practice of law, and died, while on a visit to

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. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Sharon, Pennsylvania.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
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