 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaJosiah William BAILEY
(1873-1946)
Senate Years of Service:
1931-1946Party: DemocratBAILEY, Josiah William, a
Senator from North Carolina; born in Warrenton, Warren County,
N.C., September 14, 1873; moved with his parents to Raleigh, N.C.,
in 1877; attended the public schools and Raleigh Male Academy;
graduated from Wake Forest College in 1893; editor of the Biblical
Recorder 1893-1907; member of the State board of agriculture
1896-1900; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced
practice in Raleigh, N.C.; United States collector of internal
revenue for North Carolina 1913-1921; member of the North Carolina
Constitutional Commission in 1915; trustee of the University of
North Carolina 1930; elected as a Democrat to the United States
Senate in 1930; reelected in 1936 and again in 1942, and served
from March 4, 1931, until his death in Raleigh on December 15,
1946; chairman, Committee on Claims (Seventy-third through
Seventy-fifth Congresses), Committee on Commerce (Seventy-sixth
through Seventy-ninth Congresses); interment in Oakwood
Cemetery.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Marcello, Ronald. “Senator Josiah Bailey,
Harry Hopkins, and the WPA: A Prelude to the Conservative
Coalition.” Southern Studies 22 (Winter 1983): 321-29;
Moore, John R. Senator Josiah William Bailey of North Carolina:
A Political Biography. Durham: Duke University Press,
1968.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
24 X 7
Private Tutor
|
24 x 7 Tutor Availability |
|
|
Unlimited Online Tutoring |
|
|
1-on-1 Tutoring |
|
