MARTIN, Joseph William, Jr.
1884–1968
Office
Minority Leader, Representative, Speaker Of The House
State/Territory
Massachusetts
Party
Republican
Congress(es)
69th (1925–1927), 70th (1927–1929), 71st (1929–1931), 72nd (1931–1933), 73rd (1933–1935), 74th (1935–1937), 75th (1937–1939), 76th (1939–1941), 77th (1941–1943), 78th (1943–1945), 79th (1945–1947), 80th (1947–1949), 81st (1949–1951), 82nd (1951–1953), 83rd (1953–1955), 84th (1955–1957), 85th (1957–1959), 86th (1959–1961), 87th (1961–1963), 88th (1963–1965), 89th (1965–1967)
Leadership Positions
Minority Leader - 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 81st, 82nd, 84th, 85th, Speaker of the House - 80th, 83rd
MARTIN, Joseph William, Jr., a Representative from Massachusetts; born in North Attleboro, Bristol County, Mass., November 3, 1884; attended the public schools and was graduated from North Attleboro High School in 1902; reporter on the Attleboro Sun and Providence Journal 1902-1908; publisher of the Evening Chronicle at North Attleboro since 1908 and also publisher of the Franklin (Mass.) Sentinel; member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1912-1914; member of the Massachusetts state senate, 1914-1917; chairman of the Massachusetts Street Railway Investigating Commission in 1917; chairman of the Massachusetts legislative campaign committee in 1917; executive secretary of the Republican State committee, 1922-1925; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1916, 1936, 1940, 1948, 1952, and 1956; permanent chairman of the Republican National Conventions in 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, and 1956; member of the Republican National Committee, serving as chairman 1940-1942; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the twenty succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-January 3, 1967); minority leader (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth Congresses, Eighty-first through Eighty-second Congresses, Eighty-fourth through Eighty-fifth Congresses); Speaker of the House (Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1966; returned to North Attleboro, Mass.; died in Hollywood, Fla., March 6, 1968; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Mass.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn, NY
Papers:
Speech (February 13, 1943) and letter (February 27, 1943).
Finding aid in repository.
Dean Junior College
Franklin, MA
Papers:
Memorabilia and papers.
Papers duplicates of those at Stonehill College.
Princeton University
Dulles Oral History Project
Princeton, NJ
Oral History:
May 12, 1966.
Stonehill College
North Easton, MA
Papers:
1911-1966. 110 feet and 103 scrapbooks (on microfilm).
Personal and congressional papers and correspondence, including diaries (sparse entries, 1937-1955), photographs, portraits, video tape, sound recordings, and memorabilia. Finding aid in repository. Researchers are urged to contact college prior to visit.
Oral History:
Edward E. Martin, brother. August 1980. 120 pages.
Interview deals primarily with Republican Conventions 1940-1956, dismissal of General MacArthur, and family matters.
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Hasenfus, William A. "Managing Partner: Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Republican Leader of the United States House of Representatives, 1939-1959." Ph.D. diss., Boston College, 1986.
Kenneally, James J. "Black Republicans During the New Deal: The Role of Joseph W. Martin, Jr." Review of Politics 55 (Winter 1993): 117-39.
Martin, Joseph William. My First Fifty Years in Politics, as told to Robert J. Donovon. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960.
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