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‘’’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.

'''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.

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