Joseph Henry Walker (December 21, 1829 – April 3, 1907) was a member of the

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Early life

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Hopkinton and to

. He attended the public schools and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. He was a member of the common council of Worcester 1852–1854; Walker established the business of manufacturing leather in Chicago, Illinois in 1868.

Career

He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and was elected as a Republican Party (United States), Republican to the Fifty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1899). He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Committee on Banking and Currency (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress.

Death

Walker resumed his former business pursuits, and died in Worcester on April 3, 1907. His interment was in the Rural Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts), Rural Cemetery. Walker Hall at Worcester Academy is named in his honor for service to the Academy, where he served for 35 years as second president of the board of Trustees and as a devoted benefactor. The Academy owns a large painting of Walker by noted American portrait painter Edwin Tryon Billings. That painting hangs in Walker Hall. A marble bust of Walker, created by famous American sculptor Randolph Rogers, is also on display in the Academy's Alumni House.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Joseph H. Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Politicians from Worcester, Massachusetts 1829 births 1907 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Politicians from Boston Burials at Rural Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts) 19th-century American politicians