Joseph Edward Baird (November 12, 1865 – June 14, 1942) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

for one term from 1929 to 1931.

Life and career

Born at Perrysburg, Ohio, Baird attended the public schools. He graduated from the

Perrysburg High School Perrysburg High School is a public high school in Perrysburg, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in Perrysburg Exempted Village School District (Perrysburg Schools). Athletic teams are known as the Yellow Jackets with school colors of ...

in 1885 and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1893. He was admitted to the bar in 1893 but did not practice. He moved to

Bowling Green, Ohio Bowling Green is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Ohio, United States, located southwest of Toledo. The population was 30,028 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Toledo Metropolitan Area and a member of the Toledo Metropolitan Are ...

, in 1894 and served as

county clerk A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service ...

of Wood County 1894-1900. He engaged as a dealer in oil and farm lands from 1900 to 1921. He served as mayor of Bowling Green 1902-1905, and as postmaster 1910-1914. Secretary of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio 1921-1923. He served as assistant secretary of state 1923-1929. Baird was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress. He retired from active business pursuits and political activities.

Death

He died in

, June 14, 1942. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baird, Joseph Edward 1865 births 1942 deaths People from Bowling Green, Ohio University of Michigan Law School alumni Mayors of places in Ohio People from Perrysburg, Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio