Preceded by Andrew J. Caldwell Role Politician Citizenship United States Party Democratic Party | Political party Democratic Succeeded by John W. Gaines Name Joseph Washington Resigned March 3, 1897 | |
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Born November 10, 1851
Robertson County ( 1851-11-10 ) Spouse(s) Mary Bolling Kemp Washington Children George Augustine Washington Anne Bolling Washington Blagden
Joseph Edwin Washington
Elizabeth Wyndham Washington Alma mater Georgetown College
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Died August 28, 1915, Robertson County, Tennessee, United States Education Vanderbilt University, Georgetown University | ||
Joseph Edwin Washington (November 10, 1851 – August 28, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee.
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Biography
Washington was born on November 10, 1851 on the family homestead, "Wessyngton," near Cedar Hill, Tennessee in Robertson County. He received his early instruction at home and graduated from Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. on June 26, 1873. He studied law with the first law class organized at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1874. He was admitted to the bar, but never practiced, and he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Mary Bolling Kemp and they had four children, George, Anne, Joseph, and Elizabeth.
Career
From 1877 to 1879 Washington was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and the four succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1897, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Territories during the Fifty-second Congress.
Appointed road commissioner, Washington had charge of road construction work of Robertson County. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Vanderbilt University and a director of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis and Nashville & Decatur Railroads. He resumed agricultural pursuits upon the family homestead, "Wessyngton," in Robertson County, Tennessee.
Death
Washington died on August 28, 1915, (aged 63) on the family estate. He is interred at the family burying ground on his estate.