Walter L. Pratt (1868 – April 3, 1934) was an American businessman and politician from
New York.
Life
He was born in 1868 in
Lowell,
Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He attended
Phillips Academy. In 1889, he went to
Adams,
Jefferson County, New York, and engaged in the
lumber business there. In 1904, he moved to
Massena,
St. Lawrence County.
Pratt entered politics as a
Republican, and was President of the
Village of Massena from 1920 to 1922. He was a member of the
New York State Assembly (St. Lawrence Co., 2nd D.) in
1923,
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
,
1925,
1926,
1927,
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
,
1929,
1930,
1931,
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
,
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
and
1934. He was Chairman of the Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment from 1927 to 1934.
He died on April 3, 1934, of heart disease; and was buried at the Ogdensburgh Cemetery.
Inventory of Ogdensburgh Cemetery; Last Names N – R
at RootsWeb
Sources
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1868 births
1934 deaths
People from Massena, New York
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Phillips Academy alumni
People from Lowell, Massachusetts
People from Adams, New York