Background
Bailey, Josiah William was born on September 14, 1873 in Warrenton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Christopher Thomas and Annie Sarah (Bailey) Bailey.
Bailey, Josiah William was born on September 14, 1873 in Warrenton, North Carolina, United States. Son of Christopher Thomas and Annie Sarah (Bailey) Bailey.
Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1893, Doctor of Laws, 1931. Law study under S. F. Mordecai, also Trinity College (now Duke U.) and Wake Forest Law School, 1907-1908. Doctor of Laws, Colby College, 1938.
Doctor of Literature, Elon College North Carolina, 1939. Doctor of Laws, Duke University, 1941.
Editor Biblical Recorder, 1893-1907. Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1908, and began practice at Raleigh. United States collector internal revenue, North Carolina, 1913-1921.
Presidential elector at large, North Carolina, 1908. Member Constitutional communications of North Carolina, 1913-1914. United States senator from North Carolina for terms, 1931-1937, 1937-1943 and 1943-1949.
United States delegate to International Aviation Conference, Chicago, 1944. Chairman of Commission Air Commerce United States Senate since 1938. Honorary member Omicron Delta Kappa.
Editor Biblical Recorder, 1893-1907. Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1908, and began practice at Raleigh. United States collector internal revenue, North Carolina, 1913-1921.
Presidential elector at large, North Carolina, 1908. Member Constitutional communications of North Carolina, 1913-1914. United States senator from North Carolina for terms, 1931-1937, 1937-1943 and 1943-1949.
United States delegate to International Aviation Conference, Chicago, 1944. Chairman of Commission Air Commerce United States Senate since 1938. Honorary member Omicron Delta Kappa.
Member Constl; member Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Edith Pou, August 16, 1916. Children: James Hinton Pou, Annie Elizabeth, Josiah William, Edith Pou, Sally.