Josiah Bailey
American politician (1873-1946) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 73
Josiah William Bailey was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946. Bailey vacillated in his political affiliations. He was a leading reformer in the 1910s, promoting education and Wilsonian programs.
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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.
