Joseph Chappell Hutcheson

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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (born May 18, 1842 in Boydton , Mecklenburg County , Virginia , †  May 25, 1924 in Chattanooga , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Hutcheson attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1861 the Randolph-Macon College in Ashland . During the Civil War he served in the Confederation Army . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his admission as a lawyer in 1866, he began to work in Anderson (Texas) in this profession. In 1874 he moved his residence and practice to Houston . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1880 he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Hutcheson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Charles Stewart on March 4, 1893 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1897 . In 1896 he renounced another candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Hutcheson practiced as a lawyer in Houston again. He died on May 25, 1924 in his summer residence near Chattanooga and was buried in Houston.

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SURNAME Hutcheson, Joseph Chappell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH near Boydton , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1924
Place of death near Chattanooga , Tennessee