Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Sr. (May 18, 1842 – May 25, 1924), was a

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politician and a Democratic member of the

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and the

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Biography

Hutcheson was born near

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on May 18, 1842. He attended the local schools, and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1861. He enlisted in the

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for the

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, joining the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment as a private. He served throughout the war and rose to the rank of captain as commander of Company E, 14th Virginia Infantry. After the war Hutcheson attended the

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, from which he graduated in 1866. He moved to

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, was admitted to the bar, and began to practice. In 1874 Hutcheson moved to

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, where he continued to practice law. A Democrat, he served in the

in 1880. In 1892 he was elected to represent Texas's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, and he was reelected in 1894. Hutcheson served in the

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and 54th Congresses, (March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897). He did not run for reelection in 1896, and resumed the practice of law in Houston. Hutcheson died at his summer home on Signal Mountain, near

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on May 25, 1924. He was buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. His son, Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr., was a

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and a federal judge. A grandson, Thad Hutcheson, also a Houston lawyer, was a Republican candidate in the 1957

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for United States Senator, and was defeated by Democrat

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. Thad Hutcheson also served as chairman of the Texas

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