LC control no. | n 98028135 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Wilson, Riley Joseph, 1871-1947 |
Associated place | Harrisonburg (La.) |
Birth date | 1871-11-12 |
Death date | 1947-02-23 |
Place of birth | Louisiana |
Place of death | Ruston (La.) |
Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Beeson College (Arcadia, La.) Iuka Normal Institute (Miss.) Harrisonburg High School |
Profession or occupation | Legislator Principal Judge |
Found in | NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Newell, F. Papers, 1885-1931 (Wilson, Riley Joseph; b. 1871; d. 1947) Bio. dir. U.S. Cong., 1989 (Wilson, Riley Joseph; d. 1946; U.S. rep. from La., 1915-1937) NYT obit., Feb. 25, 1947 (Riley Joseph Wilson; La. congressman; d. Feb. 23, 1947, at age 74 of heart attack) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Sept. 6, 2017 (WILSON, Riley Joseph, a Representative from Louisiana; born near Goldonna, Winn Parish, La., Nov. 12, 1871; attended the public schools and Beeson College, Arcadia, La.; was graduated from Iuka (Miss.) Normal Institute in 1894; principal of Harrisonburg High School 1895-1897; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Harrisonburg, La.; member of the State constitutional convention in 1898; edited the Catahoula News 1898-1904; member of the State house of representatives 1900-1904; district attorney of the eighth judicial district from Dec. 1, 1904, until his resignation on May 1, 1910, to accept a judicial appointment; judge of the eighth judicial district from May 1, 1910, until his resignation on Dec. 1, 1914, having been elected to Congress; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1937); chairman, Committee on Elections No. 1 (Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on Flood Control (Seventy-second through Seventy-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1928; retired from public and political activities; died in Ruston, La., Feb. 23, 1946) |