Patrick Walsh (politician)

Patrick Walsh

Patrick Walsh (born January 1, 1840 in Ballingarry , Ireland , † March 19, 1899 in Augusta , Georgia ) was an Irish- American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Georgia in the US Senate .

Patrick Walsh was born in County Limerick . Together with his parents he emigrated in 1852 to the United States, where the family in Charleston ( South Carolina settled). After an apprenticeship in the printing trade, he pursued this profession for some time. During this time he also attended night school and later Georgetown College in Washington, DC , where he continued his education until the beginning of the Civil War .

In 1861 Walsh returned to Charleston and joined the state militia . He held the rank of lieutenant in the first regiment of the Carolina Rifle Militia . The following year he moved to Augusta, Georgia and began working as a journalist; among other things, he was an editor at the Augusta Chronicle . After the war ended, he embarked on a political career and initially sat in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876 . In 1884 he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago . He was also a member of the commission for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair .

After the death of US Senator Alfred H. Colquitt on March 26, 1894, Patrick Walsh was appointed as his successor in Congress by Governor William Yates Atkinson . He also won the by-election for the remainder of the term of office and thus remained in the Senate from April 2, 1894 to March 3, 1895. In the primary for the following regular elections, however, he was defeated by Augustus Octavius ​​Bacon .

In 1897, Walsh became Mayor of Augusta. He held this office until his death in March 1899.

Web links

• Patrick Walsh in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Patrick Walsh in the database of Find a Grave (English)