Joseph H. Walker

Joseph H. Walker (1896)

Joseph Henry Walker (born December 21, 1829 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  April 3, 1907 in Worcester , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1899 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1830 Joseph Walker moved with his parents to Hopkinton and in 1843 to Worcester. He attended the public schools in his respective homeland. In the following years he made shoes and boots. From 1852 to 1854 he was a councilor in Worcester. In 1868 he founded a leather goods factory in Chicago . Politically, Walker joined the Republican Party . He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1879, 1880, and 1887 .

In the congressional election of 1888 , Walker was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded John E. Russell on March 4, 1889 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1899 . Since 1893 he represented there as the successor of John F. Andrew the third district of his state. From 1895 to 1899, Walker was chairman of the banking and currency committee.

After not being reelected in 1898, Joseph Walker resumed his previous duties. He died in Worcester on April 3, 1907.

Web links

• Joseph H. Walker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph H. Walker in the database of Find a Grave (English)