Joseph Cable

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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	- (1801-04-17)April 17, 1801 Jefferson County, Northwest Territory
Died	May 1, 1880(1880-05-01) (aged 79) Paulding, Ohio
Resting place	Live Oak Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Parent	-

Joseph Cable (April 17, 1801 – May 1, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, great-grandfather of John Levi Cable.

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.

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. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852. 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 Wauseonand publishing the Wauseon Republican, he moved to Paulding, where he published the Political Review. Here he died on May 1, 1880, and was interred in Live Oak Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Joseph Cable (id: C000008)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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