Joseph J. Mansfield

Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (February 9, 1861 – July 12, 1947) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1947.

Joseph J. Mansfield
Joseph J. Mansfield, c. 1910
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1917 – July 12, 1947
Preceded byGeorge F. Burgess
Succeeded byClark W. Thompson
Personal details
Born
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield

(1861-02-09)February 9, 1861
Wayne, West Virginia
DiedJuly 12, 1947(1947-07-12) (aged 86)
Bethesda, Maryland
Political partyDemocratic
Occupationlawyer

Mansfield was born on February 9, 1861. He was born in Wayne, West Virginia. However, when he was born this was still part of the state of Virginia. He attended the public schools in West Virginia.[1]

In 1881 he moved to Texas, settling in the community of Alleyton. Here he worked in farm and railroad laboring jobs.

In 1886, he was admitted to the bar. By this time he had relocated to Eagle Lake, Texas. This was a busy year for Mansfield, as he also organized two companies of the Texas National Guard. About this time he also began the first newspaper in Eagle Lake. Mansfield rose to the rank of captain in the National Guard.

In 1889 he was elected mayor of Eagle Lake. In 1892 he became the county prosecutor of Colorado County where both Alleyton and Eagle Lake are located. From 1896 until 1916 he served as judge of Colorado County. Until 1910 this also made him the effective superintendent of schools for the county.

He was elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1916. He served in Congress until his death at Bethesda, Maryland on July 12, 1947.

From the Seventy-second Congress until the Seventy-ninth Congress he served as chairman of the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Mansfield Dam is named after him.

See also
  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

Notes
  1. United States Congress. "MANSFIELD, Joseph Jefferson (id: M000112)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.


U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
George F. Burgess		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Texas's 9th congressional district
March 4, 1917 – July 12, 1947		 Succeeded by
Clark W. Thompson
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