Joseph Abbott (Texas politician)

Joseph Abbott
Joseph Abbott
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Texas's 6th district
	In office; March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1897
Preceded by	Olin Wellborn
Succeeded by	Robert E. Burke
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
	In office; 1870-1871
Personal details
Born	January 15, 1840; Morgan County, Alabama, US
Died	February 11, 1908 (aged 68); Hillsboro, Texas, US
Occupation	lawyer, judge, politician
	Military career
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate States Army
Rank	First Lieutenant
Unit	12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Joseph "Jo" Abbott (January 15, 1840 – February 11, 1908) was a member of the Confederate States Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.

Biography

Abbott was born January 15, 1840 in Morgan County, Alabama near Decatur and attended the public schools. He moved with his parents to Freestone County, Texas, in 1853.[1]

During the American Civil War, he served as a first lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Texas Cavalry.[2] The war over, he resumed his law studies, and being licensed in October, 1866, began his legal practice in Springfield, Limestone County, Texas.[1] He later moved to Hillsboro, Texas where he continued his legal career.

He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871.[2] He was appointed a district judge in the Twenty-Eighth judicial district by Governor Oran M. Roberts. In 1880, he was elected for a full four-year term for that position. In 1886, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives, and served in that capacity through the end of Fifty-Fourth Congress in 1897.[3] Upon leaving Congress, he resumed his legal career in Hillsboro, Texas, where he died on February 11, 1908.[2]

References

Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Abbott, Jo". The Biographical Dictionary of America. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 27. Retrieved October 20, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Who Was Who in American History - the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1975. p. 1. ISBN 0837932017.
Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America, 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 5.

United States Congress. "Joseph Abbott (id: A000005)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989: Bicentennial Edition. United States: Government Printing Office, 1989. ISBN 0-16-006384-1

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Olin Wellborn	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 6th congressional district 1887–1897	Succeeded by Robert E. Burke

External links

Joseph Abbott in the Handbook of Texas

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[BDA1906-1] Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Abbott, Jo". The Biographical Dictionary of America. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 27. Retrieved October 20, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[Marquis_Who's_Who-2] Who Was Who in American History - the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1975. p. 1. ISBN 0837932017.

[LeonardMarquis1908-3] Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America, 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 5.