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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJoseph Wellington BYRNS, Jr.
(1903-1973)
BYRNS, Joseph Wellington,
Jr., (son of Joseph Wellington Byrns), a Representative from
Tennessee; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., August 15,
1903; attended the public schools; was graduated from Emerson
Institute at Washington, D.C., in 1922 and from the law department
of Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tenn., in 1928; was admitted
to the bar in 1928 and commenced practice in Nashville; member of
the Air Corps Reserve 1930-1938, with the rank of captain; elected
as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3,
1939-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law;
served in the United States Army from June 23, 1942, to August 17,
1945, with two and one-half years overseas in the European Theater
of Operations; retired; resided in Daytona Beach, Fla., where he
died March 8, 1973; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville,
Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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