Joseph E. Washington

Joseph Edwin Washington
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th district
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1897
Preceded by	Andrew J. Caldwell
Succeeded by	John W. Gaines
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office 1877–1879
Personal details
Born	November 10, 1851 (1851-11-10) Robertson County
Died	August 28, 1915 (1915-08-29) (aged 63) Robertson County
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mary Bolling Kemp Washington
Children	George Augustine Washington Anne Bolling Washington Blagden Joseph Edwin Washington Elizabeth Wyndham Washington
Alma mater	Georgetown College Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Profession	Attorney politician planter railroad director

George Augustine Washington Anne Bolling Washington Blagden

Joseph Edwin Washington

Georgetown College

Attorney politician

planter

Joseph Edwin Washington (November 10, 1851 – August 28, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee.

Washington was born on November 10, 1851 on the family homestead, "Wessyngton," near Cedar Hill, Tennessee in Robertson County. He received his early instruction at home and graduated from Georgetown College in Washington, D.C. on June 26, 1873. He studied law with the first law class organized at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1874. He was admitted to the bar, but never practiced, and he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Mary Bolling Kemp and they had four children, George, Anne, Joseph, and Elizabeth.

From 1877 to 1879 Washington was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and the four succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1897, but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Territories during the Fifty-second Congress.

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