Martin Dies Sr. | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromTexas's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Bronson Cooper |
| Succeeded by | John C. Box |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Martin Dies (1870-03-13)March 13, 1870 |
| Died | July 13, 1922(1922-07-13) (aged 52) |
| Resting place | Glenwood Cemetery,Houston,Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Olive Cline (m. 1888-1910, div.) Florence Nelva Miller (m. 1910-1922, his death) |
| Children | 4 (includingMartin Dies Jr.) |
| Parent(s) | David Wesley Dies and Sarah Jane Pyburn |
| Education | University of Texas School of Law |
| Profession | Attorney |
Martin Dies (March 13, 1870 – July 13, 1922) was aTexaspolitician and aDemocratic member of theUnited States House of Representatives. His sonMartin Dies Jr. was also a member of the United States House of Representatives. His grandson, also known asMartin Dies Jr., was a Texas state senator, secretary of state, and jurist.
Dies was born inJackson Parish, Louisiana, and moved with his parents toFreestone County, Texas, in 1876. He graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Texas at Austin and was admitted to the bar in 1893, practicing inWoodville, Texas.
He edited a newspaper in Freestone County, was county marshal and later county judge ofTyler County, Texas in 1894. During the Spanish-American War, Dies was a member of the Beaumont Light Guards, a National Guard unit which was called to federal service as Company D, 3rd Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Dies served as district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas from 1898 to 1900. He moved toBeaumont, Texas in 1902 and was employed as counsel for the Gulf Refining Co.
In 1908, Dies was a successfulDemocratic candidate for the U.S. House. He was reelected four times and served March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1919 (The 61st to 65th Congresses). He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals in the 63rd and 64th Congresses.
After leaving Congress, Dies retired to his ranch on Turkey Creek in Tyler County, Texas. He moved toKerrville, Texas in 1921. Dies died in Kerrville on July 13, 1922, at the age of 52 in a hospital a few days after an emergency operation for acute appendicitis.[1][2] He was interred atGlenwood Cemetery inHouston.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromTexas's 2nd congressional district 1909–1919 | Succeeded by |
