Joe H. Eagle

Joe H. Eagle

Joe Henry Eagle (born January 23, 1870 in Tompkinsville , Monroe County , Kentucky , †  January 10, 1963 in Houston , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1921 and again from 1933 to 1937 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joe Eagle attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1887 the Burritt College in Spencer ( Tennessee ). He then moved to Texas, where he worked in the school service. He worked as a teacher until 1893. In the meantime he also served as a school councilor in Vernon from 1889 to 1891 . After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1893, he began to work in Wichita Falls in this profession. In 1894 and 1895 he was also the legal representative of this city. In 1895 he moved to Houston, where he continued to practice as a lawyer. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1912 congressional election , Eagle was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded John M. Moore on March 4, 1913 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1921 . The First World War fell during this time . The 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were also ratified during this period . In 1920, Eagle renounced another candidacy.

After the death of MP Daniel E. Garrett , who had taken his seat in Congress in 1920, Eagle was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives at the by-election, where he took office on January 28, 1933. After re-election in 1934, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1937. Since 1933, many of the Federal Government's New Deal laws have been passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments were also ratified.

In 1936, Eagle declined to run again. Instead, he unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for the US Senate elections . In the following years he worked again as a lawyer. He died in Houston on January 10, 1963.

Web links

• Joe H. Eagle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joe H. Eagle in the database of Find a Grave (English)