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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJoseph Edwin WASHINGTON
(1851-1915)
WASHINGTON, Joseph Edwin,
a Representative from Tennessee; was born on the family homestead,
“Wessyngton,” near Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Tenn.,
November 10, 1851; received his early instruction at home; was
graduated from Georgetown College, Washington, D.C., June 26, 1873;
studied law with the first law class organized at Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1874, and was admitted to the bar,
but never practiced; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of
the State house of representatives, 1877-1879; elected as a
Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the four succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1887-March 3, 1897); chairman, Committee on Territories
(Fifty-second Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in
1896; appointed road commissioner and had charge of the road
construction work of Robertson County; member of the board of
trustees of Vanderbilt University; director of the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis and Nashville & Decatur Railroads;
resumed agricultural pursuits upon the family homestead,
“Wessyngton,” in Robertson County, Tenn., where he died
August 28, 1915; interment in the family burying ground on his
estate.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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