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Joseph Wellington Byrns Sr. (July 20, 1869 – June 4, 1936) was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
The last Tennessean who occupied the Speaker’s chair in the United States House of Representatives was Joseph Wellington Byrns of Nashville. Tennesseans fared better as the leaders of their political party in the House; Congressman James Daniel Richardson of Murfreesboro was among the earliest Minority Leaders of the U. S. House of ...
Biography. Joseph Byrns was born in Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Tennessee, son of James Henry Byrns and Mary Emily Jackson. He was named for a maternal uncle, Joseph William Green Jackson, who died in the American Civil War.
- July 20, 1869
- June 4, 1936
Joseph W. Byrns (M.A. thesis, The University of Tennessee, 1962). 1 New York Times, June 5, 1936. 2 Ibid., June 6, 1936. 3 Official Congressional Directory For the Use of the United States Congress, 85th Congress, 1st Session, 150. Byrns: Good Fellow Who Has Worked Up to the Speakership, in Newsweek, V (January 5, 1935), 14.
8 de oct. de 2017 · 2 minutes to read. Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Joseph W. Byrns was an important political leader in early twentieth-century Tennessee, serving in the Tennessee General Assembly and then fourteen terms in the U.S. Congress.
In a stunning defeat, Joseph W. Byrns, Jr. lost to Independent Percy Priest who remained in Congress until his own death in 1957. Congressman Byrns could only manage 43% of the vote in his reelection bid. The younger Byrns left Congress and practiced law and to his credit, served in World War II.
Joseph Wellington Byrns Sr. was a U.S. politician. He served as a 14-term Democratic congressman from Tennessee, and as the 41st speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Wikiwand is the world's leading Wikipedia reader for web and mobile.
