Joe H. Eagle

Joe Henry Eagle ( born January 23, 1870 in Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, † January 10, 1963 in Houston, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1921, and again from 1933 to 1937, he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joe Eagle attended the public schools of his native land and from then until 1887 Burritt College in Spencer (Tennessee). He then moved to Texas, where he worked in the teaching profession. Until 1893 he worked as a teacher. In the meantime, he also served from 1889 to 1891 as a school board in Vernon. After studying law and his 1893 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Wichita Falls in this profession. In the years 1894 and 1895 he was also legal representatives of this city. In 1895 he moved to Houston, where he continues to practice as a lawyer. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Eagle was in the eighth electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John M. Moore on March 4, 1913. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1921 four legislative sessions. This period was, among other things, the First World War. In addition, during this period of the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. In 1920 Eagle renounced another candidacy.

After the death of Mr Daniel E. Garrett, who had taken his seat in Congress in 1920, Eagle was chosen due to the election as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he took his seat on January 28, 1933. After a re-election in 1934, he could remain until January 3, 1937 at the Congress. Since 1933, many of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1933 was also the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution ratified.

1936 Eagle waived on a bid again. Instead, he sought unsuccessfully to his party's nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer. He died on January 10, 1963 in Houston.