Background
Padway, Joseph Arthur was born on July 25, 1891 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Son of Morris and Rose Padway.
Padway, Joseph Arthur was born on July 25, 1891 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Son of Morris and Rose Padway.
Preparatory education grade and high school in England. Bachelor of Laws, Marquette University, 1912.
Admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1912, he was appointed legal counsel for the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor three years later. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate on the Socialist Party of America ticket and served in the 1925 session of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Padway was twice appointed to the Milwaukee civil court bench (1924, 1926).
After 1927 he was associated with the Progressive Republicans in Wisconsin.
Padway played a major role in shaping Wisconsin labor legislature between 1915 and 1935. Upon his appointment as the first general counsel of the American Federation of Labor, he moved to Washington where he served until his death.
He died in San Francisco, California.
In this capacity, he successfully defended the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Acting (Wagner Acting) before the United States Supreme Court.
Member Progressive Party of Wisconsin. Club: Milwaukee Athletic.
Married Lydia Rose Paetow, March 9, 1912.