Joseph Warren House (12 June 1847 – 10 March 1926) was a lawyer in Little Rock, Arkansas, a state legislator, and a United States District Attorney. He served in the Arkansas Senate.
House was a delegate to the 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention.[1] He represented White County in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1871,[verification needed] as well as Faulkner County in the Arkansas Senate during 1884–1877.[2] He was a lawyer at the firm of Coleman, Robinson, and House.[3]
House moved to Little Rock in 1885; his house at 2125 Arch Street is extant.[4] He married Ina Dowdy of Memphis, Tennessee. His child, J. W. House Jr.,[verification needed] married Julia Clarke House; she was a founding member of the Little Rock Garden Club.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas: Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a Number of Biographies of Distinguished Citizens of the Same, a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties". Goodspeed publishing Company. December 24, 1890 – via Google Books.
- ^ Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas. Southern Historical Press. December 24, 1889. ISBN 978-0-89308-079-2 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Hubbell's Legal Directory for Lawyers and Businessmen ..." J.H. Hubbell & Company. December 24, 1920 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Joseph House Tour Script 2014" (PDF). www.arkansasheritage.com.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.