Martin Dies Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Martin Dies Sr.

American politician

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1870

Place of Birth: Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jul-1922

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Martin Dies Sr.

  • Martin Dies (March 13, 1870 – July 13, 1922) was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • His son Martin Dies Jr.
  • was also a member of the United States House of Representatives. Dies was born in Jackson Parish, Louisiana and moved with his parents to Freestone County, Texas, in 1876.
  • He graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin and was admitted to the bar in 1893, practicing in Woodville, Texas. He edited a newspaper in Freestone County, was county marshal and later county judge of Tyler County, Texas in 1894.
  • He served as district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas from 1898-1900. Dies moved to Beaumont, Texas in 1902 and was employed as counsel for the Gulf Refining Co.
  • He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1919).
  • He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses). Dies retired in 1918 to his ranch on Turkey Creek, Tyler County, Tex.
  • He moved to Kerrville, Texas, in 1921 and died there on July 13, 1922.
  • He is interred in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas.

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