Joseph Whitehead

Who was Joseph Whitehead?

Joseph Whitehead was a Representative from Virginia, USA.

Whitehead was born near Mount Airy, Pittsylvania County, Va., October 31, 1867. He attended the public schools of his native city and graduated from the academic department of Richmond College, Richmond, Va., in 1889, then from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1892. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va.

From 1899-1904 he served in the State senate. He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses, then was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1930. He resumed the practice of his chosen profession until his death at Chatham, Va., on July 8, 1938, when he was interred in Chatham Cemetery.