BAILEY, Joseph Weldon
(1862—1929)
Senate Years of Service: 1901-1913
Party: Democrat
BAILEY, Joseph Weldon, (father of Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born near Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Miss., October 6, 1862; attended the common schools; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Hazlehurst, Miss.; moved to Gainesville, Tex., in 1885 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900; elected to the United States Senate in 1901, reelected in 1907, and served from March 4, 1901, until January 3, 1913, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Additional Accommodations for the Library (Sixty-second Congress); resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; subsequently moved to Dallas, Tex., in 1921 and continued the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Texas in 1920; died in a courtroom in Sherman, Tex., on April 13, 1929; interment in Gainesville Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.  Contributed by A. Newell

BAILEY, Joseph Weldon, Jr.
(1892—1943)
BAILEY, Joseph Weldon, Jr., (son of Joseph Weldon Bailey), a Representative from Texas; born in Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., December 15, 1892; attended the public schools in Gainesville, Tex., and Washington, D.C.; graduated from Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1915; graduated from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1919; United States Army, 1917-1919; lawyer, private practice; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); was not a candidate for renomination in 1934, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate; United State Marine Corps, 1942-1943; died on July 17, 1943, in Gainesville, Tex.; interment in Gainesville Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present  Contributed by A. Newell