Joe B. Bates

Bengal Joseph "Joe" Bates ( born October 29, 1893 in Republican, Kentucky, † September 10, 1965 in Ashland, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1938 and 1953 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joe Bates attended the common schools and the Mountain Training School in Hindman. Then he studied until 1916 at the Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College in Richmond. In addition, he was still studying law. During his studies he taught 1912-1915 in Knott County as a teacher. From 1917 to 1919 he was Head of the High School in Raceland. He then worked 1922-1938 as County Clerk in Greenup County.

Politically, Bates joined the Democratic Party. Following the resignation of Mr Fred M. Vinson, he was at the due election for the eighth seat from Kentucky as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on June 4, 1938. Since he was confirmed in each case in the seven following regular congressional elections, he could remain until January 3, 1953 at the Congress. In this time of the Second World War and its consequences were.

In 1952, Bates was not nominated by his party for re-election. In 1956, he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer. He died on September 10, 1965 in Ashland and was buried in Flatwoods.