Bailey, Joseph W. (Joseph Weldon), 1863-1929

LC control no.	n 91092460
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bailey, Joseph W. (Joseph Weldon), 1863-1929 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bailey, Joe, 1863-1929
Birth date	18631006
Death date	19290413
Place of birth	Crystal Springs (Miss.)
Place of death	Sherman (Tex.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers
Found in	The Bailey case boiled down, c1908: p. 1 of cover (Joseph W. Bailey, United States Senator) LC data base, 09/10/91 (hdg.: Bailey, Joseph Weldon, 1863-1929; usage: Joe Bailey) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, December 12, 2013 (Bailey, Joseph Weldon, (father of Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born near Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Miss., October 6, 1862; attended the common schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Hazlehurst, Miss.; moved to Gainesville, Tex., in 1885 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900; elected to the United States Senate in 1901, reelected in 1907, and served from March 4, 1901, until January 3, 1913, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library (Sixty-second Congress); resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; subsequently moved to Dallas, Tex., in 1921 and continued the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Texas in 1920; died in a courtroom in Sherman, Tex., on April 13, 1929; interment in Gainesville Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex. )
Associated language	eng