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Joseph Wellington Byrns (view source)
Revision as of 04:50, November 14, 2007
, 04:50, November 14, 2007Wow, copy-pasting from Word probably makes this look pretty cool
‘’’Joseph Wellington Byrns’’’, (father of Joseph Wellington Byrns, Jr.), a Representative from [[Tennessee]]; born near Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Tenn., July 20, 1869; attended the common schools; was graduated from Nashville High School in 1887 and from the law department of [[Vanderbilt University]], Nashville, Tenn., in 1890; was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced the practice of law in [[Nashville]]; member of the State house of representatives, 1895-1901; member of the [[State]] senate in 1901-1903; unsuccessful candidate for [[district attorney]] general of Davidson County in 1902; elected as a [[Democrat]] to the Sixty-first and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death; chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Seventy-second Congress); majority leader (Seventy-third Congress), Speaker of the House of Representatives (Seventy-fourth Congress); chairman of the [[Democratic National Congressional Campaign Committee]] 1928-1930; was a nominee for reelection to the Seventy-fifth Congress at the time of his death; died in [[Washington, D.C.]], on June 4, 1936; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
==References==
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
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[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Speakers of the House(US)]]
==References==
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrns, Joseph Wellington}}
[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Speakers of the House(US)]]