Joseph E. Washington

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Joseph E. Washington

Joseph Edwin Washington (born November 10, 1851 in Cedar Hill , Robertson County , Tennessee , †  August 28, 1915 there ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1897 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Washington was initially homeschooled. He then studied until 1873 at Georgetown College in the federal capital Washington . This was followed by a law degree at Vanderbilt University in Nashville . Washington was admitted to the bar in 1874. But he never practiced as a lawyer; instead he worked in agriculture.

Politically, Washington was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1877 and 1879 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee . In the congressional election of 1886 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the sixth constituency of Tennessee, where he succeeded Andrew Jackson Caldwell on March 4, 1887 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1897 . From 1891 to 1893 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the administration of the American territories.

In 1896 Washington renounced another congressional candidacy. Subsequently, he was given the task of overseeing road operations and road construction in Robertson County. He also became a board member of Vanderbilt University and a director of two railroad companies. Otherwise, he continued to work in agriculture on his Wessyngton estate near Cedar Hill. He died there on August 28, 1915. He was buried in the local family cemetery.

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