Joseph Whitehead (Congressman) Explained

Joseph Whitehead
Image Name:JosephWhiteheadVA.jpg
State:Virginia
District:5th
Term:March 4, 1925  - March 3, 1931
Preceded:J. Murray Hooker
Succeeded:Thomas G. Burch
State Senate1:Virginia
District1:24th
Term Start1:December 6, 1899
Term End1:January 13, 1904
Preceded1:Eugene Withers
Succeeded1:George T. Rison
Party:Democratic
Birth Date:October 31, 1867
Birth Place:Mount Airy, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Death Place:Chatham, Virginia
Children:John
Profession:lawyer
Alma Mater:Richmond College, University of Virginia

Joseph Whitehead (October 31, 1867 – July 8, 1938) was a United States Representative from Virginia, serving from 1925 to 1931.

Biography

Whitehead was born near Mount Airy, Pittsylvania County, Va., October 31, 1867. He attended the public schools of his native city and graduated from the academic department of Richmond College (now the University of Richmond), Richmond, Va., in 1889, then from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1892. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Chatham, Virginia. He became law partners with Claude A. Swanson.

From 1899-1904 he served in the State senate, representing Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931), then was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1930. He resumed the practice of his chosen profession until his death at Danville Memorial Hospital in Danville, Va., on July 22, 1938, he was interred in Chatham Cemetery.

Electoral history