Joseph William Martin

Joseph William Martin

Joseph William Martin junior (born November 3, 1884 in North Attleborough , Bristol County , Massachusetts , † March 6, 1968 ibid) was an American politician ( Republican Party ).

Life

Martin was born in Massachusetts in 1884. After school he became a reporter for the Attleboro Sun and Providence in 1902. After six years, he published his own newspaper, the Evening Chronicle, in his hometown. He first became politically active in 1912 when he was elected as a candidate for the Republican Party in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts , where he remained until 1914; thereafter he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate until 1917 .

politics

In the 1924 election, Martin was first elected to the United States House of Representatives for Massachusetts . In 1933 he became chairman of the Republican faction in the House of Representatives and in 1947 he became speaker , that is, chairman, of this parliament. After a two-year term as chairman, the Democrats took over the majority in the House of Representatives and Martin then resigned from his office. As leader of the Republican faction, he remained one of the most important figures in the House of Representatives. After the change of government in 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President of the United States and the Republicans regained a majority in Parliament, Martin was again Speaker of the House for a two-year term. When the Republicans lost their majority again in 1954, Martin was replaced again. Nevertheless, he remained a member of the House of Representatives until 1966. In the 1966 election he could not win the nomination against Margaret Heckler in his constituency .

Martin was also a long-time member of the Republican National Committee and was chairman of it from 1940 to 1942 .

Web links

• Joseph William Martin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Joseph William Martin in the database of Find a Grave (English)