{{short description|American politician}} {{for|his son, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Joseph H. Walker (Massachusetts speaker)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joseph Henry Walker | image = Joseph H. Walker.jpg | office1 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1889 | term_end1 = March 3, 1899 | predecessor1 = [[John E. Russell]] | successor1 = [[John R. Thayer]] | constituency1 = {{ushr|MA|10|10th district}} (1889–93)<br>{{ushr|MA|3|3rd district}} (1893–99) | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1879–1880<br>1887 | birth_date = December 21, 1829 | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1907|04|03|1829|12|21}} | death_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = [[Joseph H. Walker (Massachusetts speaker)|Joseph H. Walker]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Hall|first=J. Brainerd|title=Looking Down the Vista of Departed Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9HUWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA554|access-date=16 June 2011|newspaper=Worcester Magazine|date=January–December 1911}}</ref> | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Joseph Henry Walker''' (December 21, 1829 – April 3, 1907) was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], [[Massachusetts]].
==Early life== [[File:Mrs Joseph H. Walker.jpg|thumb|left|Mrs Joseph H. Walker]]
He was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to [[Hopkinton, Massachusetts|Hopkinton]] and to [[Worcester, Massachusetts|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.
==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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==External links== {{CongBio|W000062}} * {{Find a Grave|7505020}}
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