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Joseph Weldon Bailey

Democrat Representative of Texas

  • Representative

    Texas

    March 9, 1933 - January 3, 1935

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Congresses Served

1

House Terms

December 15, 1892 (50 years old)

Birthday

July 17, 1943

Death

  • Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress, serving from 1933 to 1935.
  • Attended public schools in Gainesville, Texas, and later graduated from Princeton University and the University of Virginia School of Law.
  • Served in the United States Army during World War I, achieving the rank of first lieutenant.
  • Practiced law after completing his education.
  • Attempted to secure the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in 1934 but was unsuccessful.
  • Received a commission as a captain in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.
  • Died in 1943 following a car accident while stationed at Camp Howze.
  • Initially buried in Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville, later reinterred at Hillcrest Cemetery in Dallas.