Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr.

Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr. (* December 15, 1892 in Gainesville, Texas, † July 17, 1943 ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Bailey was the son of Joseph Weldon Bailey Sr. (1862-1929), who represented the State of Texas in both chambers of Congress. He attended the common schools and in Washington DC Then he studied until 1915 at Princeton University, and then to 1919 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. This period was interrupted by his military use during World War II. He reached the rank of first lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1932, Bailey was elected in the then newly established 19th electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. Since he resigned in 1934 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935. During his time in Congress, the first of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which Bailey but faced partially reserved. He was, though a member of the Democratic Party, in many respects not agree with the New Deal policies of President.

1934 Bailey sought unsuccessfully to his party's nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. After the American entry into World War II he was a captain in the United States Marine Corps. He died on 17 July 1943 at Camp Howze in Gainesville following a car accident.