Rush Wimberly
| Joseph Rush Wimberly, I | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from Arcadia (Bienville Parish) | |
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In office 1900–1908 |
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| Preceded by | William U. Richardson |
| Succeeded by | William U. Richardson |
| Louisiana State Senator from Bienville and Claiborne parishes | |
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In office 1908–1912 |
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| Preceded by | J. C. Madden |
| Succeeded by | John Paul Jones (Louisiana politician) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 30, 1873 Arcadia, Bienville Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | March 11, 1943 (aged 69) Arcadia, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Arcadia Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Annie May Poland (married 1897-1943, his death) |
| Children |
Lorris M. Wimberly |
| Parents | John L. and Francis Nix Wimberly |
| Alma mater | Arcadia High School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Methodist |
Lorris M. Wimberly
Edrie Wimberly Albrecht
Joseph Rush Wimberly, I (December 30, 1873 - March 11, 1943), was at the turn of the 20th century successively a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Arcadia, the seat of Bienville Parish in North Louisiana. He served two terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1900 to 1908. and a single term in the Louisiana State Senate from 1908 to 1912, representing Bienville and neighboring Claiborne parishes. Wimberly served on the Education committees of both houses during his 12-year tenure.
Wimberly was the youngest of eleven children of the former Francis Nix and John L. Wimberly, a planter and a native of Georgia who migrated westward to Louisiana in 1840. Rush Wimberly graduated from Arcadia High School, an entity of the Bienville Parish School Board. Having privately thereafter studied the law, he was admitted to the bar in 1894. After his legislative years, Wimberly moved to Shreveport in Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana, where he formed the law firm, Wimberly, Reeves and Dorman. He returned to Arcadia and for ten years was the parish attorney for Bienville Parish and for a number of years the parish public school superintendent.
Wimberly was an alternate delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention, which met in Philadelphia to renominate the Roosevelt-Garner ticket.
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