Preceded by Thaddeus H. Caraway Spouse(s) Clara Haynes Driver Political party Democratic | Citizenship United States Succeeded by Ezekiel C. Gathings Name William Driver | |
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Born March 2, 1873
Osceola, Arkansas ( 1873-03-02 ) Died October 1, 1948 (1948-11) (aged 75)
Osceola, Arkansas | ||
William Joshua Driver (March 2, 1873 – October 1, 1948) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
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Biography
Born near Osceola, Arkansas, Driver was the son of John B. and Margaret Ann Bowen Driver and attended the public schools. He studied law at eighteen years of age, in the office of Judge G. W. Thomason; was admitted to the bar in 1894, and commenced practice in Osceola, Arkansas. He married Clara Haynes on June 2, 1897 and they had one child.
Career
A member of the State house of representatives, Driver served from 1897 to 1899. He was judge of the second judicial circuit of Arkansas from 1911 to 1918, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1918. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932.
Driver was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses serving from March 4, 1921 to January 3, 1939. An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938, he resumed the practice of law and also engaged in the banking business in Osceola, Arkansas, until his death.
Death
Driver died in Osceola, Mississippi County, Arkansas, on October 1, 1948 (age 75 years, 213 days). He is interred at Violet Cemetery, Osceola, Arkansas. a