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Extensively researched naming for this figure and overwhelmingly he is known and recorded as Benjamin Jarrett, not Benjamin Bryant Jarrett, as used in the original article. It was an honest revision, but reverting will be better for researchers. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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==Biography==
Benjamin Jarrett was born in [[Sharon, Pennsylvania]]. He worked as a [[telegraph]] operator and later as foreman in a steel mill. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in [[Farrell, Pennsylvania]]. He was city solicitor of Farrell from 1910 to 1930. He served in the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]] from 1911 to 1913. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State
Jarrett was elected as a Republican to the [[75th United States Congress|Seventy-fifth]], [[76th United States Congress|Seventy-sixth]], and [[77th United States Congress|Seventy-seventh]] Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in [[United States House election, 1942|1942]]. He resumed the practice of law, and died, while on a visit to [[Zanesville, Ohio]]. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Sharon, Pennsylvania.
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