Joe R. Pool

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Joe Richard Pool
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's at-large district
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	District abolished
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 3rd district
In office January 3, 1967 – July 14, 1968
Preceded by	Lindley Beckworth
Succeeded by	James M. Collins
Personal details
Born	Joseph Richard Pool (1911-02-18)February 18, 1911 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Died	July 14, 1968(1968-07-14) (aged 57) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Cause of death	Heart attack
Resting place	Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Southern Methodist University

Joseph Richard Pool (February 18, 1911 – July 14, 1968) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

History[]

Pool was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1911. He graduated from Oak Cliff High School (now W. H. Adamson High School) in the Dallas Independent School District and attended the University of Texas from 1929 to 1933. In 1937, he graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law, was admitted to the Texas bar, and commenced the practice of law in Dallas, Texas.

During World War II, he served with the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 as a special investigator in the Intelligence section of the Army Air Corps. After the war, he resumed the practice of law.

He entered politics as a Democrat, and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1952. He was re-elected in 1954 and 1956, serving from 1953 to 1958. He was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Representative from the 5th District of Texas in 1958, losing in the primary to Barefoot Sanders. He ran again in 1960, winning the primary, but lost in the general election to Republican incumbent Bruce Alger.^[1]

In the 1960 Congressional reapportionment, Texas received an additional U.S. House seat, but the districts were not redrawn and an at-large seat was created. Pool won the Democratic nomination for this seat and was elected to the Eighty-eighth Congress.^[2] He was re-elected to the Eighty-ninth Congress in 1964.^[3]

However, in Wesberry v. Sanders (1964), the Supreme Court banned at-large Congressional districts. Texas redrew its districts, and Pool opted to run for the 3rd District north of Dallas. He was re-elected from this district to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966.^[4]

Pool served in Congress from January 3, 1963 until his death from a heart attack in Houston, Texas on July 14, 1968.

He was interred in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas.

Memorials[]

• Joe Pool Lake in Dallas, Tarrant and Ellis Counties, is named for the Congressman.
• in Dallas.
• The FAA has created a Standard instrument departure in the Dallas area named JPOOL in reference to the Congressman.[1]

See also[]

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)
• List of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee

References[]

Sources[]

• United States Congress. "Joe R. Pool (id: P000426)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links[]

• Joe R. Pool at Find a Grave