Joseph W. Byrns

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives human member of the United States House of Representatives politician

Joseph W. Byrns was an American Democratic politician from Tennessee who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-1930s.

Aliases (2)

Joseph W. Byrns Sr. ×2
Joseph W. Byrns Jr. ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → human → member of the United States House of Representatives → politician →
burial place	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee →
cause of death	heart attack →
child	Joseph W. Byrns Jr. →
congressional district represented	Tennessee's 6th congressional district →
country of citizenship	United States of America →
date of birth	1869-07-20 →
date of death	1936-06-04 →
educated at	Vanderbilt University → Vanderbilt University Law School →
ethnic group	White American →
familyName	Byrns →
givenName	Joseph →
ideology	American liberalism →
known for	leadership in the U.S. House during the New Deal era →
legal profession	bar of Tennessee →
member of political party	Democratic Party →
native language	English →
notable work	support for New Deal legislation →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
party leadership role	House Democratic leader →
place of birth	near Cedar Hill, Tennessee →
place of death	Washington, D.C. →
position held	Chair of the House Appropriations Committee → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee → Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → member of the Tennessee House of Representatives → member of the Tennessee Senate →
preceded by	Henry T. Rainey →
region of activity	Southern United States →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Nashville, Tennessee →
served in the U.S. House of Representatives until	1936 →
served under U.S. President	Franklin D. Roosevelt → Herbert Hoover →
sex or gender	male →
spouse	Elizabeth T. Rucker Byrns →
state represented in the US House of Representatives	Tennessee →
succeeded by	William B. Bankhead →
term end as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives	1936-06-04 →
term start as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives	1935-01-03 →
was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in	1908 →
worked as	attorney in private practice →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Joseph W. Byrns ("Joseph W. Byrns Jr.") →	child
74th United States Congress →	hasMajorityLeader
73rd United States Congress ("Joseph W. Byrns Sr.") →	hasMajorityLeaderHouse
74th United States Congress →	hasSpeaker
73rd United States Congress ("Joseph W. Byrns Sr.") →	hasSpeakerOfTheHouse