- Arthur Walsh (Senator)
Arthur Walsh (
February 26 ,1896 -December 13 ,1947 ) was a Democratic U.S. Senator fromNew Jersey from 1943 until 1944.Born in Newark,
Essex County, New Jersey ; educated in the public schools, by private tutor, and at theNew York University School of Commerce atNew York City ; began his career as a recordingviolin ist forThomas A. Edison in 1915 and later held executive positions with the Edison Enterprises; during theFirst World War served as asergeant in theUnited States Marine Corps 1917-1919;lieutenant in theUnited States Naval Reserve 1929-1932;colonel in the New Jersey National Guard 1941-1943; member of theNew Jersey Workmen's Compensation Investigating Commission 1932-1933; New Jersey director of theFederal Housing Administration 1934-1935, and as deputy and later as assistant administrator atWashington, D.C. from 1935 to 1938; presidential elector in 1940 on the Democratic ticket; member of theNew Jersey State Board of Regents in 1941 and 1942; member of the board of directors of theAmerican-Russian Chamber of Commerce in 1943; commissioner of thePort of New York Authority in 1943; appointed onNovember 26 ,1943 , as a Democrat to theUnited States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofW. Warren Barbour and served fromNovember 26 ,1943 , toDecember 7 ,1944 , when a duly elected successor qualified; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy in 1944; chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Seventy-eighth United States Congress ); resumed his former business pursuits; died in New York City, New York;. He was interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover."'
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