Joseph Edward Hendricks (September 24, 1903 – October 20, 1974) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a

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from

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from 1937 to 1949.

Early life and career

Joe Hendricks was born at

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, where he attended the rural schools and Montverde School. He also attended

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, and graduated with an undergraduate degree in 1930 and a graduate degree from its law department in 1934. Hendricks was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced practice in DeLand, Florida. Hendricks was an attorney for the legal tax survey of Florida in 1934.

Congress

He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1949) and was not a candidate for renomination in 1948 to the

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Later career and death

After leaving Congress, he was president of Hendricks Homes, Inc. and chairman of the Planning Board,

Plant City, Florida Plant City is an incorporated city in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. It is part of the Tampa Bay area. The population was 39,764 at the 2020 census. Despite ma ...

. He was also a member of the County Planning Commission,

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. He resided in Plant City, Florida until his death in

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, in 1974. He was buried in Lakeland Memorial Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendricks, Joseph Edward 1903 births 1974 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida People from Lake Butler, Florida People from Plant City, Florida Stetson University College of Law alumni 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives