Thomas J. Walsh | |
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.jpg) Walsh, c. 1905 | |
| United States Senator from Montana | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph M. Dixon |
| Succeeded by | John E. Erickson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 12, 1859 Two Rivers, Wisconsin |
| Died | March 2, 1933 (aged 73) Near Wilson, North Carolina |
| Resting place | Resurrection Cemetery, Helena, Montana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elinor McClements (m. 1889–1917, her death) Mina Nieves Perez Chaumont de Truffin (m. February 1933 – March 1933, his death) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Wisconsin Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
Thomas James Walsh (June 12, 1859 – March 2, 1933) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena, Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature, and from 1918 on by popular vote, in keeping with the requirements of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Walsh had a national reputation as a liberal. He died before he could serve President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, who chose him as his Attorney General.[1]
- ^ Tribune Staff. "125 Montana Newsmakers: Sen. Thomas J. Walsh". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved August 26, 2011.