Joseph H. Walker

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name =Joseph Henry Walker


state =Massachusetts
district =3rd
term_start =March 4, 1893
term_end =March 3, 1899
preceded =John F. Andrew
succeeded =Rockwood Hoar
birth_date =December 21, 1829
birth_place =Boston, Massachusetts
death_date =April 3, 1907
death_place =Worcester, Massachusetts
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party =Republican
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Joseph Henry Walker was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkinton and to Worcester. 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.

He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1899). He served as Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Currency (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses). He unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress. Walker resumed his former business pursuits, and died in Worcester on April 3, 1907. His interment was in the Rural Cemetery.

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state=Massachusetts
district=3
before=John F. Andrew
after=John R. Thayer
years=March 41893–March 31899