Joe Henry Eagle (January 23, 1870 – January 10, 1963) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Eagle was graduated from the local high school in 1883 and obtained a teacher's certificate in 1884. He was also graduated from Burritt College in

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, in 1887. He moved to Texas. He taught school 1887-1893 and served as superintendent of the city schools of

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from 1889 to 1891. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in

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. City attorney of Wichita Falls in 1894 and 1895. He moved to Houston in 1895 and continued the practice of law. Eagle was elected as a

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to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920. Eagle was elected on January 28, 1933, to both the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses to fill the vacancies caused by the death of Daniel E. Garrett, who had been reelected in 1932. He was reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress and served from January 28, 1933, to January 3, 1937. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1936, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for

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. He resumed the practice of his profession. He was a resident of Houston, Texas, until his death January 10, 1963. He is interred in Forest Park (Lawndale) Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eagle, Joe Henry 1870 births 1963 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas Burritt College alumni