Josiah Bailey
Josiah Bailey | |
|---|---|
| United States Senator from North Carolina | |
| In office March 4, 1931 – December 15, 1946 | |
| Preceded by | F.M. Simmons |
| Succeeded by | William B. Umstead |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Josiah William Bailey September 14, 1873 Warrenton, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | December 15, 1946 (aged 73) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Wake Forest College |
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Josiah William Bailey (September 14, 1873 – December 15, 1946) was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946. Bailey moved back and forth. He was a leading reformer in the 1910s, promoting education and Wilsonian programs. As Senator he supported the early New Deal but by 1938 was a leader of the anti-New Deal faction of Southern Democrats. When war loomed in 1939, he moved to support Roosevelt's interventionist foreign policy. Likewise he supported Roosevelt's wartime domestic program, while opposing labor unions.