Joseph Segar
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Joseph Eggleston Segar (June 1, 1804 - April 30, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born in King William County, Virginia, Segar attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. Held several local offices. He served as member of the State house of delegates 1836-1838 from 1848 to 1852, and 1855-1861. Presented credentials as a Unionist Member-elect to the Thirty-seventh Congress from an election held on October 24, 1861, but the House on February 11, 1862, decided he was not entitled to the seat.
Segar was subsequently elected to the same Congress and served from March 15, 1862, to March 3, 1863. Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Thirty-eighth Congress, but was declared not entitled to the seat by resolution of May 17, 1864, presented credentials on February 17, 1865, as a United States Senator-elect to fill the vacancy in the term commencing March 4, 1863, caused by the death of Lemuel J. Bowden, but was not permitted to take his seat. Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress, but was not permitted to qualify. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress. He served as member of Spanish Claims Commission from 1877 to 1880. He died on a steamer while en route from Norfolk, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., April 30, 1880. He was interred in St. John's Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.
