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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{for|the American diplomat|J. Morton Howell}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name            = Joseph Howell
| image name      = JosephHowell.jpg
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1857|2|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Brigham City, Utah|Brigham City]], [[Utah Territory]]
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1918|7|18|1857|2|17|mf=y}}
| death_place     = [[Logan, Utah]]
| office          = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Utah]]
| constituency    = {{ushr|UT|AL|Utah at-large}} (1903{{endash}}13)<br>{{ushr|UT|1|C}} (1913{{endash}}17)
| term            = March 4, 1903 &ndash; March 3, 1917
| preceded        = [[George Sutherland]]
| succeeded       = [[Milton H. Welling]]
| office1         = Member of the [[Utah Senate]]
| term1           = 1896-1900
| restingplace  =  Logan City Cemetery
| spouse          = Mary Maughan
| children        = 9
| party           = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| alma_mater      = [[University of Utah]]
}}
 
'''Joseph Howell''' (February 17, 1857 – July 18, 1918) was an American businessman and politician who served seven terms as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Utah]] from 1903 to 1917.

==Life and career==
Born in [[Brigham City, Utah|Brigham City]], [[Utah Territory]], Howell moved with his parents to [[Wellsville, Utah]], in 1863. He attended the common schools and the [[University of Utah]] at [[Salt Lake City]].

=== Early career ===
He taught school, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and served as mayor of Wellsville from 1882 to 1884.

Howell served in the [[Utah Territorial Legislative Assembly|territorial House of Representatives]] from 1886 to 1892.
After Utah gained statehood, Howell served as member of the State senate from 1896 to 1900. He was also regent of the [[University of Utah]] from 1896 to 1900. Howell moved to [[Logan, Utah]], in 1901.

=== Personal life ===
Howell married Mary Maughan and their daughter Barabara Howell Richards served as a member of the [[Relief Society]] General Board.<ref>Jenson, Andrew.  ''LDS Biographical Encyclopedia'', Vol. 4, p. 194</ref>

=== Congress ===
Howell was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] for the [[58th United States Congress|Fifty-eighth]] and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1917).

Howell was involved in getting appropriations for the [[Mormon colonies in Mexico|Mormon colonists]] who had fled Mexico in 1912.<ref>''Conference Report'', October 1912, p. 85</ref>{{failed verification|reason=no indication what conference report is being referenced|date=October 2016}}

== After Congress==
Howell engaged in banking and the real estate business. The town of [[Howell, Utah]], founded about 1910 on land owned by one of his business interests in [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]], was named for him.

=== Death and burial ===
He died in [[Logan, Utah]], July 18, 1918, and was interred in the Logan City Cemetery.

== Electoral history ==

'''Note''': The 1912 election consisted of an all-party election for the two at-large seats. Howell was elected to the first at-large seat, while Johnson was elected to the second at-large seat.

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}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Joseph Howell
 | votes      = 43,133
 | percentage = 19.45
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Jacob Johnson (U.S. politician)|Jacob Johnson]]
 | votes      = 42,047
 | percentage = 18.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = Mathonihah Thomas
 | votes      = 37,192
 | percentage = 16.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = Tollman D. Johnson
 | votes      = 36,640
 | percentage = 16.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
 | candidate  = S.H. Love
 | votes      = 22,358
 | percentage = 10.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Progressive Party (US, 1912)
 | candidate  = Lewis Larson
 | votes      = 21,934
 | percentage = 9.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Socialist Party of America
 | candidate  = Murray E. King
 | votes      = 8,971
 | percentage = 4.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Socialist Party of America
 | candidate  = William M. Knerr
 | votes      = 8,953
 | percentage = 4.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Socialist Labor Party of America
 | candidate  = Elias Anderson
 | votes      = 505
 | percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 221,733
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box new seat win
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{End}}

===1914===
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}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = Joseph Howell (Incumbent)
 | votes      = 29,481
 | percentage = 49.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = Lewis Larson
 | votes      = 27,440
 | percentage = 45.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Socialist Party of America
 | candidate  = Ben Jansen
 | votes      = 2,812
 | percentage = 4.70
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 59,733
 | percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{End}}

==See also==
* [[Parley Parker Christensen]], Utah and California politician, opposed Howell.

==Sources==
<references/>

==Further reading==
* (1994) [https://web.archive.org/web/20221103115809/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/h/HOWELL_JOSEPH.shtml "Howell, Joseph"] article in the [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ ''Utah History Encyclopedia.''] The article was written by Allan Kent Powell and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived from [https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/h/HOWELL_JOSEPH.shtml the original] on November 3, 2022 and retrieved on May 13, 2024.

==External links==
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