Allan B. Walsh

Allan B. Walsh

Allan Bartholomew Walsh (born August 29, 1874 in Trenton , New Jersey , †  August 5, 1953 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Allan Walsh attended public schools in his home country. Between 1900 and 1911 he worked for an electrical company in Trenton. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1910 and 1911 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . From 1912 to 1913 he was Secretary of the Tax Commission in Mercer County . In the 1912 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Ira W. Wood on March 4, 1913 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Elijah C. Hutchinson in 1914 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1915 . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

After retiring from the US House of Representatives, Walsh worked in the real estate industry. From 1915 to 1920 he was a tax investigator in the states of New Jersey and Wisconsin . He then worked for a number of years as a private consultant on issues relating to the handling of federal law. From 1933 to 1940 he worked again as a tax investigator. After that he went for health reasons to retire, which he in Palm Beach ( Florida spent). Allan Walsh died in New York on August 5, 1953 and was buried in Trenton.

Web links

• Allan B. Walsh in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Allan B. Walsh in the database of Find a Grave (English)