David I. Walsh
| David Ignatius Walsh | |
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office December 6, 1926 – January 3, 1947 |
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| Preceded by | William M. Butler |
| Succeeded by | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |
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In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925 |
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| Preceded by | John W. Weeks |
| Succeeded by | Frederick H. Gillett |
| 46th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 8, 1914 – January 6, 1916 |
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Edward P. Barry Grafton D. Cushing |
| Preceded by | Eugene N. Foss |
| Succeeded by | Samuel W. McCall |
| 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office 1913–1914 |
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| Governor | Eugene N. Foss |
| Preceded by | Robert Luce |
| Succeeded by | Edward P. Barry |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
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In office 1900–1901 |
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| Personal details | |
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November 11, 1872 Leominster, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 11, 1947 (aged 74) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
College of the Holy Cross Boston University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872 – June 11, 1947) was a United States politician from Massachusetts. As a member of the Democratic Party, he served in the state legislature and then as the 43rd Lieutenant Governor (1913–1914) and then as the 46th Governor (1914–1916). His first term in the U.S. Senate (1919–1925) was followed by a brief hiatus from government, after which he was elected to the U.S. Senate four times, serving from 1926 to 1947. On foreign affairs, he was a consistent isolationist, from his early opposition to U.S. domination of the Philippines to opposing Lend-Lease until the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Walsh was born in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on November 11, 1872, the ninth of ten children. His parents were Irish Catholic immigrants. Walsh attended public schools in his birthplace and later in Clinton, Massachusetts. His father, a comb maker, died when he was twelve. Thereafter, his mother ran a boarding house.
Walsh graduated from Clinton High School in 1890 and from Holy Cross in 1893. He attended Boston University Law School, where he graduated in 1897. Walsh was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1897, later practicing in Boston.
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