William Joshua Driver | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Thaddeus H. Caraway |
| Succeeded by | Ezekiel C. Gathings |
| Member of theArkansas House of Representatives from theMississippi district | |
| In office January 11, 1897[1] – January 9, 1899[2] | |
| Preceded by | Henry C. Dunavant[3] |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Matthews[4] |
| In office 1899[Note 1] – January 14, 1901[6] | |
| Preceded by | Thomas A. Matthews[7] |
| Succeeded by | James K.P. Hale[8] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 2, 1873 (1873-03-02) Osceola, Arkansas, United States |
| Died | October 1, 1948 (1948-11) (aged 75) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Clara Haynes Driver |
| Profession | Attorney, politician, judge, banker |
William Joshua Driver (March 2, 1873 – October 1, 1948) was an American politician and aU.S. Representative fromArkansas.
Born nearOsceola, Arkansas, Driver was the son of John B. and Margaret Ann Bowen Driver and attended the public schools. He studied law at eighteen years of age, in the office of Judge G. W. Thomason; wasadmitted to the bar in 1894, and commenced practice inOsceola, Arkansas. He married Clara Haynes on June 2, 1897, and they had one child.[9]
Driver won election to theArkansas House of Representatives in 1896. He served in the31st Arkansas General Assembly, which was contained only Democratic members (a common occurrence during theSolid South period). Thomas A. Matthews won the seat the following cycle, but resigned. The governor appointed Driver to fill the vacancy for the32nd Arkansas General Assembly.
He was judge of the second judicial circuit of Arkansas from 1911 to 1918, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1918. He served as delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1932.[10]
Driver was elected as aDemocrat to theSixty-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses serving from March 4, 1921, to January 3, 1939.[11] An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938, he resumed the practice of law and also engaged in the banking business inOsceola, Arkansas, until his death.
Driver died in Osceola, Mississippi County, Arkansas, on October 1, 1948 (age 75 years, 213 days). He isinterred at Violet Cemetery, Osceola, Arkansas.[12]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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