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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaGeorge Austin WELSH
(1878-1970)
WELSH, George Austin, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Bay View, Cecil County,
Md., August 9, 1878; attended the country schools and the public
schools of Philadelphia, Pa.; took business and academic courses at
Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.; engaged as a legislative
stenographer and reporter from 1895 to 1901; graduated from the law
department of Temple University in 1905; was admitted to the bar
the same year and commenced practice in Philadelphia; secretary to
the mayor of Philadelphia in 1905 and 1906; assistant solicitor for
Philadelphia in 1906 and 1907; assistant district attorney for
Philadelphia County 1907-1922; secretary of Temple University
1914-1938, began serving as first vice president in 1938; president
of the Republican district executive committee 1914-1932; attended
officers’ training camp at Fort Niagara, N.Y., 1917; member
of the Board of Education of Philadelphia County 1921-1932; elected
as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding
Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation May
31, 1932, having been appointed judge of the United States district
court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, in which capacity
he served until 1957, when he retired as judge to become senior
judge; chairman, Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions
(Sixty-ninth Congress); resided in Media, Pa., where he died
October 22, 1970; cremated; ashes interred at West Laurel Hill
Cemetery, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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