Background
Martin, Joseph William was born on November 3, 1884 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph William and Catherine (Katon) Martin.
Martin, Joseph William was born on November 3, 1884 in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph William and Catherine (Katon) Martin.
Graduated from high school, North Attleboro, 1902. Data Control Language (honorary), Boston University. Doctor of Laws, Tufts College.
Doctor of Laws, Pennsylvania Military College. Doctor of Laws, Dartmouth College. Doctor of Laws, Syracuse University, Stonehill College.
Doctor of Laws, Northeast College. Master of Science, Bradford Durfee Technology Institute. Master of Science in Business Administration, Bryant College.
Juris Doctor, Portia Law School.
Reporter Attleboro (Massachusetts) Sun, Providence Journal, 1902-1908. Public Evening Chronicle, North Attleboro, Franklin (Massachusetts) Sentinel. Proprietor A.T. Parker & Company, insurance.
Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1912-1914, Massachusetts Senate, 1915-1917, 69th to 72d Congresses, 15th district Massachusetts, 1925-1933, 73d to 87th Congresses, 14th district Massachusetts, 88th to 89th Congresses, 10th district Massachusetts. Chairman Massachusetts Street Railway Investigation committee, 1917. Chairman Republican Congressional committee, 1937, 38.
Republican leader House of Representatives, 1939-1959, speaker 80th and 83d Congresses. Trustee Plainville (Massachusetts) Savings & Loan Association.
Author: My First Fifty Years in Politics.
Delaware Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1916, Cleveland, 1936. Chairman Massachusetts Republican Legislative Campaign committee, 1917. Republican presidential elector, 1920.
Executive secretary Republican State Committee, 1922-1925. Eastern manager Republican National Campaign, 1936. Permanent chairman Republican National Conventions, 1940-1956.
Trustee Dean Academy and Junior College, Franklin, Massachusetts. Member Elks, Moose, Grange, Massachusetts Republican Club (Middlesex), President Club (Washington).
Son of Joseph William and Catherine (Katon) M. Unmarried.