Historical records matching Joel West Flood, U.S. Representative
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About Joel West Flood, U.S. Representative
Judge Joel West Flood
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Flood, Joel West (1894-1964) — of Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia. Born near Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia on August 2, 1894. Democrat. He attended the public schools, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, the University of Virginia, and Oxford University; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Appomattox, Virginia; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; served from March 29, 1918, until his discharge July 18, 1919, as a private in Company A, Three Hundred and Fifth Engineers, Eightieth Division; served as Colonel on the staff of Governor E. Lee Trinkle of Virginia 1922-1926; elected Commonwealth attorney of Appomattox County in 1919 and served until November 8, 1932, having been elected to Congress; special assistant to the attorney general of Virginia from April 1, 1928, to July 1, 1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry St. George Tucker and served from November 8, 1932, to March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for election to the Seventy-third Congress; resumed the practice of law and agricultural pursuits; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936; appointed assistant U.S. attorney for the western district of Virginia and served from June 1, 1939, to January 28, 1940; elected as a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Virginia in January 1940, in which capacity he served until his death in Richmond, Virginia, April 27, 1964; interment in the Flood Mausoleum, Appomattox Courthouse Square.
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High School: Appomattox Agricultural High School, Appomattox, Virginia, United States
University: Washington and Lee University
University: University of Virginia
University: Oxford University
- Virginia State Official Judge, 5th Judicial Circuit (1940-64)
- Assistant United States Attorney, Western District of Virginia (1939-40)
- U.S. Congressman, Virginia 10th (special election, 8 November 1932 to 3 March 1933)
- Virginia State Official Special Assistant to the Virginia Attorney General (1928-32)
- Virginia State Official Commonwealth Attorney, Appomattox County (1919-32)
- Freemasonry Scottish Rite
- Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
- Virginia Bar Association 1917
Political Relatives: Son of Joel Walker Flood and Sallie Whiteman (Delk) Flood; half-brother of Henry De La Warr Flood; half-uncle of Harry Flood Byrd; granduncle of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; second cousin twice removed of William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin four times removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin five times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin once removed of Benjamin Earl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; fourth cousin of Carter Henry Harrison II and Earle Cabell; fourth cousin once removed of U.S. First Lady Edith Wilson Galt (Bolling).
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Joel West Flood, U.S. Representative's Timeline
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August 2, 1894
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Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia, United States
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| 1964 |
April 27, 1964
Age 69
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Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States
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Flood Mausoleum, Appomattox Courthouse Square, Appomattox, Virginia, United States
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