Thomas J. Walsh

Thomas James Walsh ( born June 12, 1859 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, † March 2, 1933 in Wilson, North Carolina ) was an American politician (Democratic Party), who represented the state of Montana in the U.S. Senate.

Life

After schooling Walsh initially worked as a teacher himself, before he began the study of law in Madison at the University of Wisconsin in 1884 and graduated from the local law school. In the same year he was admitted to the bar, after which he opened a law firm in Redfield in the Dakota Territory. In 1890 he moved to Helena in Montana.

Policy

In 1906, Walsh applied for the first time for a seat in the Senate in Washington, but was defeated by Republican Joseph Dixon. Six years later he entered turn against Dixon and this time was successful. In the following years he was confirmed three times as a senator. During his total of 20 years in Congress Walsh was one of the Chairmen of the Mining Committee and the Pension Committee.

Thomas Walsh was 1922-1923 involved as chairman of a committee of inquiry instrumental in the elucidation of the Teapot Dome scandal. Other focal points of his political work included the fight against child labor and the use of women's suffrage. He was the Democratic National Conventions in 1924 in New York and in Chicago in 1932 before each as Chairman.

In 1933, Walsh was appointed as Attorney General in the Cabinet of newly elected U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He wanted to travel by train to Washington to accept the nomination in person, but died while driving near the town of Wilson, North Carolina. The screen dedicated to him took office Homer Stille Cummings.