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Joseph Abbott
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 6th district |
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| In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1897 |
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| Preceded by | Olin Wellborn |
| Succeeded by | Robert E. Burke |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives | |
| In office 1870-1871 |
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| Born | January 15, 1840 Morgan County, Alabama, US |
| Died | February 11, 1908 (aged 68) Hillsboro, Texas, US |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge, politician |
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| Allegiance |  Confederate States of America |
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 Confederate States Army |
| Rank |  First Lieutenant |
| Unit |  12th Regiment, Texas Cavalry |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Joseph "Jo" Abbott (January 15, 1840 – February 11, 1908) was a member of the Confederate States Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
Biography
Abbott was born January 15, 1840 in Morgan County, Alabama near Decatur and attended the public schools. He moved with his parents to Freestone County, Texas, in 1853.
During the American Civil War, he served as a first lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Texas Cavalry. The war over, he resumed his law studies, and being licensed in October, 1866, began his legal practice in Springfield, Limestone County, Texas. He later moved to Hillsboro, Texas where he continued his legal career.
He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871. He was appointed a district judge in the Twenty-Eighth judicial district by Governor Oran M. Roberts. In 1880, he was elected for a full four-year term for that position. In 1886, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives, and served in that capacity through the end of Fifty-Fourth Congress in 1897. Upon leaving Congress, he resumed his legal career in Hillsboro, Texas, where he died on February 11, 1908.
