Harry C. Walker

Harry Clay Walker (born March 18, 1873 in Binghamton , Broome County , New York , † November 2, 1932 ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Harry Clay Walker, the son of William J. Walker and Sarah Walker, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1894. He also had a political career. Walker was Mayor of Binghamton between 1917 and 1918. In the 1918 gubernatorial election , he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York as running mate of Alfred E. Smith , a position he held between 1919 and 1920. During that time, in 1919, he was one of nine members of a union committee ( Labor Board ) created by Governor Smith to intervene in labor disputes. In some cases this committee was able to mediate successfully. The following year he won the New York Democratic primary for the US Senate against George R. Lunn , then Mayor of Schenectady , but was beaten by Republican incumbent James W. Wadsworth, Jr. He was appointed to the Central New York State Parks Commission in 1926 and chaired the Taconic State Park Commission in 1928 .

He was also Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar in the United States from August 16, 1932 until his death .

literature

• War-time strikes and their adjustment by Alexander M. Bing, Ayer Publishing, 1971, ISBN 9780405029158 , page 145
• 10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z by William R. Denslow and Harry S. Truman, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, ISBN 9781417975792 , page 289

Web links

• Harry C. Walker at The Political Graveyard