Marshall Jewell
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Marshall Jewell was a manufacturer, pioneer telegrapher, telephone entrepreneur, world traveler, and political figure who served as 44th and 46th governor of Connecticut, the U.S. minister to Russia,
Jewell, 1870–1880
Jewell strongly supported Whig candidate Zachary Taylor in the presidential election of 1848.
In 1871, Grand Duke Alexis, on a good will tour of the United States, visited Gov. Jewell in Hartford.
The 1876 Republican National Convention nominated Rutherford B. Hayes for the presidency.
The 1876 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held at the Exposition Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 14–16, 1876. President Ulysses S. Grant had considered seeking
Marshall Jewell
…Through a series of investments in the Hartford Evening Post and the Southern New England Telephone Company Jewell became a very wealthy man. During the 1876 Republican National Convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio, Marshall Jewell was nominated by the State of Connecticut for President of the United States. Grant chose not to run and the…
Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio
Former Speaker James G. Blaine of Maine
Treasury Secretary Benjamin Bristow of Kentucky
Senator Oliver P. Morton of Indiana