Joseph H. Gaines
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Joseph H. Gaines | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's3rddistrict | |
In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911 | |
Preceded by | David Emmons Johnston |
Succeeded by | Adam Brown Littlepage |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Holt Gaines September 3, 1864 Washington, D.C.,USA |
Died | April 12, 1951 Montgomery,West Virginia, USA | (aged 86)
Resting place | Charleston,West Virginia, USA |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Princeton College |
Occupation | |
Joseph Holt 'Jodie' Gaines(September 3, 1864 – April 12, 1951) was aU.S. RepresentativefromWest Virginia.
Born inWashington, D.C.,Gaines moved with his parents toFayette County, West Virginia,in 1867. He attended theWest Virginia Universityat Morgantown and was graduated fromPrinceton Collegein 1886. He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Fayetteville, West Virginia. He was appointed United States district attorney for West Virginia by PresidentWilliam McKinleyin 1897. He resigned in 1901.
Gaines was elected as aRepublicanto the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911). He served as chairman of the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives (Fifty-eighth through Sixty-first Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910. He resumed the practice of law in Charleston, West Virginia. He died in Montgomery, West Virginia, April 12, 1951. He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia. The town ofJodie, West Virginiawas named in his honor.
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- United States Congress."Joseph H. Gaines (id: G000008)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1864 births
- 1951 deaths
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 20th-century American lawyers
- Burials at Spring Hill Cemetery (Charleston, West Virginia)
- Politicians from Charleston, West Virginia
- People from Fayetteville, West Virginia
- Politicians from Washington, D.C.
- United States Attorneys for the District of West Virginia
- West Virginia lawyers
- West Virginia University alumni
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia
- Princeton University alumni
- Lawyers from Charleston, West Virginia
- 20th-century West Virginia politicians