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'''Joseph Wellington Byrns''' (1869 - 1936) was the father of Joseph Wellington Byrns, Jr. and a Representative from [[Tennessee]]; born near Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Tenn., July 20, 1869

'''Joseph Wellington Byrns''' (1869 - 1936) was the father of Joseph Wellington Byrns, Jr. and a Representative from [[Tennessee]]; born near Cedar Hill, Robertson County, TN, July 20, 1869

* Attended the common schools

* 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 graduated from [[Nashville]] High School in 1887 and from the [[law]] department of [[Vanderbilt University]], Nashville, TN, in 1890

* Was admitted to the bar in 1890 and commenced the practice of law in [[Nashville]]

* 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 Tennessee House of Representatives, 1895-1901

* Member of the [[State]] senate in 1901-1903

* Member of the Tennessee State Senate in 1901-1903

* Unsuccessful candidate for [[district attorney]] general of Davidson County in 1902

* 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)

* 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)

* Was a nominee for reelection to the Seventy-fifth Congress at the time of his death

* 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

* 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.

* Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.

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