Arthur Walsh (February 26, 1896December 13, 1947) was an American civil servant, businessman, soldier and
World War I
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veteran, who served as the
junior United States senator
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from
New Jersey
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from November 26, 1943 to December 7, 1944. He was a member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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.
Biography
Born in
Newark, New Jersey
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School of Commerce. He began his career as a recording
violin
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ist for
Thomas Edison
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in 1915 and later held executive positions with the Edison Enterprises. From 1917 to 1919 he served as a sergeant in the
United States Marine Corps
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, participating in
World War I
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. He later served as a lieutenant in the
United States Naval Reserve
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from 1929 to 1932, and had the rank of colonel in the New Jersey National Guard from 1941 to 1943.
A member of the New Jersey Workmen's Compensation Investigating Commission from 1932 to 1933, he served as New Jersey Director of the
Federal Housing Administration
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from 1934 to 1935, and as Deputy and later as Assistant Administrator at the
Washington, D.C.
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head office from 1935 to 1938. A presidential elector in 1940 on the
Democratic ticket, he also was a member of the New Jersey State Board of Regents in 1941 and 1942 and served on the board of directors of the American-Russian Chamber of Commerce in 1943.
He became commissioner of the
Port of New York Authority
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in 1943 but was appointed on November 26, 1943 as a
Democrat
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to the
United States Senate
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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
William Warren Barbour
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and served until December 7, 1944, when a duly elected successor qualified. He was not a candidate for election to the vacancy in 1944.
In Congress he served as Chairman of the
Committee on Naval Affairs (
78th United States Congress
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). After he left he resumed his former business pursuits and died in
New York City
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in 1947. He was interred in
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
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in
East Hanover, New Jersey
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.
References
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1896 births
1947 deaths
New Jersey Democrats
Democratic Party United States senators from New Jersey
Burials at Gate of Heaven Cemetery (East Hanover, New Jersey)
New York University Stern School of Business alumni
20th-century American politicians