Joseph Irwin France
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United States Senator from Maryland |
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In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923 |
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| Preceded by | Blair Lee I |
| Succeeded by | William Cabell Bruce |
| Member of the Maryland State Senate | |
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In office 1907–1909 |
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Joseph Irwin France October 11, 1873 Cameron, Missouri |
| Died | January 26, 1939 (aged 65) Port Deposit, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Evalyn S. Tome (1903–1927) Tatiana Vladimirovna Dechtereva (1927–1939) |
| Alma mater |
Hamilton College University of Leipzig Clark University |
Joseph Irwin France (October 11, 1873 – January 26, 1939) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1917 to 1923.
France was born in Cameron, Missouri, the son of Hanna Fletcher (James) and Joseph Henry France. He attended the common schools in the area and the Canandaigua Academy in Canandaigua, New York. In 1895, he graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, where he was a brother of Theta Delta Chi. He also attended the University of Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany and finally, in 1897, graduated from the medical department of Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
France began to teach natural science at the Jacob Tome Institute of Port Deposit, Maryland in 1897, but resigned later to enter the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland. He commenced the practice of medicine in Baltimore after graduation in 1903.
France was elected to the Maryland State Senate in 1906, serving until 1908. He left the Senate in 1908 to engage in the field of finance. He served as the secretary to the medical and surgical faculty of Maryland from 1916–1917.
After a short time out of politics, France re-entered the political arena in 1916 and was elected to the United States Senate. During the 65th Congress, he served in the Senate as the chairman of the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine. France attempted to introduce an amendment to the Sedition Act of 1918 that would have ensured limited free speech protections, but the amendment was defeated, and France would remark that the legislation was criminal, repressive, and characteristic of the Dark Ages.
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