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Joseph H. Gaines | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | David Emmons Johnston |
| Succeeded by | Adam Brown Littlepage |
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| Born | Joseph Holt Gaines (1864-09-03)September 3, 1864 |
| Died | April 12, 1951(1951-04-12) (aged 86) Montgomery, West Virginia, USA |
| Resting place | Charleston, West Virginia, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Princeton College |
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Joseph Holt 'Jodie' Gaines (September 3, 1864 – April 12, 1951) was aU.S. Representative fromWest Virginia.
Born inWashington, D.C., Gaines moved with his parents toFayette County, West Virginia, in 1867.He attended theWest Virginia University at Morgantown and was graduated fromPrinceton College in 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 McKinley in 1897.He resigned in 1901.
Gaines was elected as aRepublican to 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 Virginia was named in his honor.
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