Joseph Haynsworth Earle | |
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| United States Senator fromSouth Carolina | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – May 20, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | John L. M. Irby |
| Succeeded by | John L. McLaurin |
| South Carolina Attorney General | |
| In office November 30, 1886 – December 4, 1890 | |
| Governor | John Peter Richardson III |
| Preceded by | Charles R. Miles |
| Succeeded by | Young J. Pope |
| Member of theSouth Carolina Senate fromSumter County | |
| In office November 28, 1882 – December 24, 1885 | |
| Member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives from Sumter County | |
| In office November 26, 1878 – February 20, 1880 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1847-04-30)April 30, 1847 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 1897(1897-05-20) (aged 50) Greenville, South Carolina, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Joseph Haynsworth Earle (April 30, 1847 – May 20, 1897) was aUnited States senator fromSouth Carolina.
Born inGreenville, he attended private schools inSumter. He was a first year cadet at the South Carolina Military Academy (nowThe Citadel) at the outbreak of theCivil War enlisted in theConfederate Army. Joseph enlisted with the Charles Battery, which at the close of the war was part of Kemper's Artillery, having attained the rank of Sergeant.[1] He graduated fromFurman University (Greenville) in 1867, taught school for two years, studied law, was admitted to thebar in 1870 and commenced practice inAnderson. He returned to Sumter in 1875 and continued the practice of law; he was also interested in the logging business and in agricultural pursuits.
Earle was a member of theSouth Carolina House of Representatives from 1878 to 1882, and was a member of theSouth Carolina Senate from 1882 to 1886. He wasSouth Carolina Attorney General from 1886 to 1890, declined the nomination forgovernor, and ran unsuccessfully for that office in 1890. He returned to Greenville in 1892, was elected acircuit judge in 1894, and was elected as aDemocrat to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death in Greenville on May 20, 1897. Interment was inChrist Churchyard in Greenville.
Joseph Earle was a great-grandson ofElias Earle, a cousin ofJohn Laurens Manning Irby, and a nephew ofWilliam Lowndes Yancey, all of whom were members of the U.S. Congress (Yancey also theC.S. Congress).
His birthplace, theEarle Town House, was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1969.[2]
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from South Carolina 1897 Served alongside:Benjamin Tillman | Succeeded by |
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