Rush Wimberly

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.[1] and a single term in the Louisiana State Senate from 1908 to 1912, representing Bienville and neighboring Claiborne parishes.[2] Wimberly served on the Education committees of both houses during his 12-year tenure.[3]

Joseph Rush Wimberly, I
Louisiana State Representative for Bienville Parish
In office
1900–1908
Preceded byWilliam U. Richardson
Succeeded byWilliam U. Richardson
Louisiana State Senator for Bienville and Claiborne parishes
In office
1908–1912
Preceded byJ. C. Madden
Succeeded byJohn Paul Jones
Personal details
Born(1873-12-30)December 30, 1873
Arcadia, Bienville Parish
Louisiana, USA
DiedMarch 11, 1943(1943-03-11) (aged 69)
Arcadia, Louisiana
Resting placeArcadia Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Annie May Poland (married 1897-1943, his death)
ChildrenLorris M. Wimberly

Edrie Wimberly Albrecht

J. Rush Wimberly, II
ParentsJohn L. and Francis Nix Wimberly
Alma materArcadia High School
OccupationAttorney

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.[3]

Wimberly was an alternate delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention, which met in Philadelphia to renominate the Roosevelt-Garner ticket.[4]

In 1897, Wimberly married the former Annie May Poland (1877-1960), and the couple had three children. The oldest, Lorris M. Wimberly, served in the state House, including several stints as Speaker. Lorris Wimberly was a political ally of his fellow Democrat, Governor Earl Kemp Long. The other Wimberly children were J. Rush Wimberly, Jr. (1906-1982), an attorney, and Edrie W. Albrecht (1902-1983), the wife of Henry Gustave Albrecht (1899-1945) of Arcadia.[3]

Wimberly and most of his family are interred at the Arcadia Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  2. "Membership of the Louisiana Senate" (PDF). senate.la.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  3. "Joseph Rush Wimberly, I". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  4. "Index to Politicians: Wilson-allen to Winfrey". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved June 22, 2013.

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Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by
William U. Richardson
Louisiana State Representative for Bienville Parish

Joseph Rush Wimberly, I
1900 1908

Succeeded by
William U. Richardson
Preceded by
J. C. Madden
Louisiana State Senator for Bienville and Claiborne parishes

Joseph Rush Wimberly, I
19081912

Succeeded by
John Paul Jones (Louisiana politician)
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