Joseph Edwin Washington (November 10, 1851 – August 28, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee.

Washington was born on November 10, 1851, on his family tobacco plantation, Wessyngton, near Cedar Hill, Tennessee in Robertson County.

He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Territories during the Fifty-second Congress.

He resumed agricultural pursuits, managing the family's tobacco plantation, Wessyngton, in Robertson County, Tennessee.

[4] Washington married Mary Bolling Kemp and they had four children, George, Anne, Joseph, and Elizabeth.