Joshua Mathiot

Joshua Mathiot (April 4, 1800 – July 30, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Joshua Mathiot
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district
In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Jonathan Taylor
Succeeded by	Samuel Finley Vinton
Personal details
Born	April 4, 1800 Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Died	July 30, 1849 (aged 49) Newark, Ohio
Resting place	Cedar Hill Cemetery
Political party	Whig

Born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Mathiot moved to Newark, Ohio, about 1830. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Newark. He served as prosecuting attorney 1832–1836. He served as mayor of Newark in 1834.

Mathiot was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). Grand worthy patriarch of the Sons of Temperance in Ohio, and while attending a temperance convention at Sandusky contracted cholera, from which he died in Newark, Ohio, July 30, 1849. He was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Joshua Mathiot (id: M000243)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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