David I. Walsh

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David Ignatius Walsh (November 11 1872 – June 11 1947) was a United States politician from Massachusetts. As a member of the Democratic Party he served in the state legislature and then as the 43rd Lieutenant Governor (1913–1914) and then as the 46th Governor (1914–1916). His first term in the U.S. Senate (1919–1925) was followed by a brief hiatus from government after which he was elected to the U.S. Senate four times serving from 1926 to 1947.

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active years end date

1916-01-06, 1925-03-04, 1926-12-06

active years start date

1914-01-08, 1919-03-04

alma mater

College of the Holy Cross, Boston University

birth date

1872-11-11

birth place

Leominster Massachusetts

death date

1947-06-11

death place

Boston

governor

Eugene Foss

lieutenant

Edward P. Barry, Grafton D. Cushing

office

Governor of Massachusetts

order in office

United States Senator, 46th, from Massachusetts, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

party

Democratic Party (United States)

profession

Lawyer

religion

Catholic Church

successor

Edward P. Barry, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Samuel W. McCall, Frederick H. Gillett