Walter J. Cookson

Walter J. Cookson
Walter J. Cookson, Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts
42nd Mayor of
Worcester, Massachusetts
In office
1936 – June 11, 1936
Preceded byJohn C. Mahoney
Succeeded byJohn S. Sullivan
Personal details
BornApril 17, 1876
Pascoag, Rhode Island
DiedJune 11, 1936
Cleveland, Ohio
Political partyRepublican

Walter John Cookson (April 17, 1876 – June 11, 1936), Republican politician, was mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1936.[1] Cookson was elected mayor on November 5, 1935 after serving several years on the School Committee. Only a few months after his election, he collapsed and died of a heart attack in his Cleveland hotel room while attending the 1936 Republican National Convention.[2] He is the last Republican to serve as Mayor of Worcester. Cookson Field, an 18-acre (73,000 m2) park near Worcester's College of the Holy Cross is named in his honor.

  1. ^ http://www.worcpublib.org/resources/worcesterroom/mayors.html [dead link]
  2. ^ "WALTER J. COOKSON; Worcester, Mass., Mayor Stricken at Convention in Cleveland". The New York Times. 12 June 1936.