Background

Barrett, Joseph Hartwell was born on April 15, 1824 in Ludlow, Vermont, United States. Son of Edward and Abi (Bassett) Barrett.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Middlebury College, 1845, Master of Arts, 1848. Read law with Horatio Seymour and admitted to Vermont bar, 1851. (Doctor of Laws, Howard, 1903).

Career

Editor Middlebury Galaxy, 1848. Member Vermont House of Representatives, 1851-1852. Secretary Vermont Senate, 1853-1854.

Removed to Cincinnati, 1857.

Political editor Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 1857-1861. United States commissioner of pensions, 1861-1868.

Editor Cincinnati Daily Chronicle and Times, 1868-1879. Delaware Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1860, and member of platform committee for Ohio.

Author: Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1860, 1864, 1865.

Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, 1904. Home: Loveland, O.

Achievements

• Joseph Hartwell Barrett has been listed as a noteworthy journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Vt; member of platform committee

Connections

Married Harriet Whiting Lowell, March 31, 1853.