Edwin Y. Webb

Edwin Y. Webb

Edwin Yates Webb (born May 23, 1872 in Shelby , Cleveland County , North Carolina , †  February 7, 1955 in Wilmington , North Carolina) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1903 and 1919 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives ; later he became a federal judge .

Career

Edwin Webb attended the Shelby Military Institute and then until 1893 the Wake Forst College . After a subsequent law degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his admission to the bar in 1894, he began to work in Shelby in this profession. He then continued his legal education until 1896 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1901, Webb was elected to the North Carolina Senate. He also became a curator of Wake Forest College and the Agricultural and Mechanical College in Raleigh . Between 1898 and 1902 he served as district chairman of the Democrats. In 1900 he was temporarily chairman of the regional party convention in North Carolina.

In the congressional elections of 1902 Webb was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded the late James M. Moody on March 4, 1903 . After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on November 10, 1919 . The First World War fell during this time . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. In 1912, Webb was among the congressmen tasked with impeaching federal judge Robert Wodrow Archbald .

Edwin Webb resigned from his seat on November 10, 1919 after being appointed federal judge in the United States District Court for western North Carolina by President Woodrow Wilson . He held this office until his retirement on March 1, 1948. He died on February 7, 1955 while visiting Wilmington and was buried in Shelby.

Web links

Commons : Edwin Y. Webb  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Edwin Y. Webb in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edwin Y. Webb in the database of Find a Grave (English)