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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Richard WALSH
(1913-1975)
WALSH, John Richard, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Martinsville, Morgan County,
Ind., May 22, 1913; attended the public schools; was graduated from
Indiana University Law School in 1934; was admitted to the bar July
27, 1934, and engaged in the practice of law in Martinsville, Ind.,
until 1941; Morgan County attorney in 1935 and 1936; deputy
attorney general of Indiana in 1941; served in the United States
Army with the Thirty-fifth Infantry Division from May 18, 1942,
until discharged as a technical sergeant June 15, 1943; in 1943
continued the practice of law in Anderson, Ind.; chief deputy
prosecuting attorney of Madison County, Ind., in 1945 and 1946;
probate commissioner for Madison County Circuit Court in 1948;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3,
1949-January 3, 1951); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1950 and for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress;
resumed the practice of law in Anderson and continued in practice
until his death; member of board of directors and
secretary-treasurer, State Security Life Insurance Co., Anderson,
Ind., 1953-1958; secretary of state of Indiana from December 1,
1958, to November 30, 1960; delegate, Democratic National
Convention, 1960; county attorney of Madison County, 1964-1965; was
a resident of Anderson, Ind., until his death there on January 23,
1975; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Martinsville, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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