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Bailey in August 1916 married Edith Pou, a member of an influential family in the state.
Bailey in August 1916 married Edith Pou, a member of an influential family in the state.
==United States Senate==
==Political career==
The North Carolina Constitution Commission was established by Governor Locke Craig in 1913, which Bailey served on. He used co-sponsored a progressive plan to revise the tax system, provide credit facilities for farmers, an elastic judicial system, among several other proposals. It failed to pass the statewide Democrat political machine.
===United States Senate===
Bailey missed a quarter of all roll call votes during his tenure in the Senate.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/josiah_bailey/401051 Sen. Josiah Bailey]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
Bailey missed a quarter of all roll call votes during his tenure in the Senate.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/josiah_bailey/401051 Sen. Josiah Bailey]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
===Conservative Manifesto===
====Conservative Manifesto====
Being a fiscal conservative and supporter of [[free market economics]] in opposition to President Roosevelt's expansion of federal government powers, Bailey co-authored the [[Conservative Manifesto]], which consisted of the following ten points:<ref>[https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/the-conservative-manifesto/ The Conservative Manifesto]. ''North Carolina History Project''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
Being a fiscal conservative and supporter of [[free market economics]] in opposition to President Roosevelt's expansion of federal government powers, Bailey co-authored the [[Conservative Manifesto]], which consisted of the following ten points:<ref>[https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/the-conservative-manifesto/ The Conservative Manifesto]. ''North Carolina History Project''. Retrieved February 16, 2021.</ref>
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