Joe B. Bates | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's8th district | |
| In office June 4, 1938 – January 3, 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Fred M. Vinson |
| Succeeded by | James S. Golden |
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| Born | Joseph Bengal Bates (1893-10-29)October 29, 1893 Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | September 10, 1965(1965-09-10) (aged 71) Ashland, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Resting place | Bellefonte Memorial Gardens,Flatwoods, Kentucky |
| Alma mater | Mountain Training School |
Joseph Bengal Bates (October 29, 1893 – September 10, 1965) was aU.S. Representative fromKentucky.
Born in Kentucky, Bates attended the public schools and the Mountain Training School atHindman, Kentucky.He graduated from Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College at Richmond in 1916.He studied law.He taught in the rural schools ofKnott County, Kentucky, from 1912 to 1915,was high school superintendent atRaceland, Kentucky from 1917 to 1919,and worked ascounty clerk ofGreenup County, Kentucky from 1922 to 1938.
Bates was elected as aDemocrat to theSeventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofFred M. Vinson.He was reelected to theSeventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from June 4, 1938, to January 3, 1953.He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952 after his home was redistricted into the neighboring 5th District, losing to 5th District Congressman Brent Spence, and later unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in 1956 for theUnited States Senate with the strong support of then Governor Happy Chandler.
He practiced law and was a resident ofGreenup, Kentucky.He died inAshland, Kentucky on September 10, 1965.He was interred in Bellefonte Memorial Gardens,Flatwoods, Kentucky.
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