Joseph Chappell Hutcheson

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For the U.S. federal judge, see Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr..

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Sr. (May 18, 1842 – May 25, 1924), was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives and from 1893 to 1897 the United States House of Representatives from Texas' 1st congressional district. He practiced law in Houston. He was a native of Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

His son, Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr., was a mayor of Houston and a federal judge. A grandson, Thad Hutcheson, also a Houston lawyer, was a Republican candidate in the 1957 special election to the United States Senate from Texas; he was defeated by Democrat Ralph Yarborough. Thad Hutcheson served in 1958 as the chairman of the Texas GOP.^[1]

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles Stewart	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 1st congressional district 1893–1897	Succeeded by Thomas Henry Ball

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Name	Hutcheson, Sr., Joseph Chappell
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	May 18, 1842
Place of birth	Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Date of death	May 25, 1924
Place of death	Houston, Texas

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