Joseph Walsh (politician)

Joseph Walsh

Joseph Walsh (born December 16, 1875 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  January 13, 1946 in New Bedford , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1915 and 1922 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Walsh attended the public schools in Falmouth . After a subsequent law degree at Boston University and his admission to the bar in 1906, he began to work in this profession in New Bedford. Between 1900 and 1905 he worked for the Federal Fisheries Agency in Woods Hole . He has also worked as a newspaper reporter in New Bedford and Boston. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1905 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives .

In the 1914 congressional election , Walsh was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th  constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Thomas Chandler Thacher on March 4, 1915 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on August 2, 1922 . World War I fell during his time in Congress . In addition, the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 .

Walsh's resignation came after his appointment as a judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts . He held this post until his death on January 13, 1946 in New Bedford.

Web links

• Joseph Walsh in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Walsh in the database of Find a Grave (English)