# Joseph H. Walker

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American politician

For his son, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, see [Joseph H. Walker (Massachusetts speaker)](/source/Joseph_H._Walker_(Massachusetts_speaker)).

Joseph Henry Walker Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1899 Preceded by John E. Russell Succeeded by John R. Thayer Constituency 10th district (1889–93) 3rd district (1893–99) Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1879–1880 1887 Personal details Born December 21, 1829 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died April 3, 1907(1907-04-03) (aged 77) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. Party Republican Children Joseph H. Walker[1]

**Joseph Henry Walker** (December 21, 1829 – April 3, 1907) was a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_Massachusetts), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).

## Early life

Mrs Joseph H. Walker

He was born in [Boston](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts) on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to [Hopkinton](/source/Hopkinton%2C_Massachusetts) and to [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_Massachusetts). 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](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois) in 1868.

## Career

He served in the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives), and was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) 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](/source/United_States_House_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](/source/Rural_Cemetery_(Worcester%2C_Massachusetts)). Walker Hall at [Worcester Academy](/source/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](/source/Edwin_Tryon_Billings). That painting hangs in Walker Hall. A marble bust of Walker, created by famous American sculptor [Randolph Rogers](/source/Randolph_Rogers), is also on display in the Academy's Alumni House.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hall, J. Brainerd (January–December 1911). ["Looking Down the Vista of Departed Years"](https://books.google.com/books?id=9HUWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA554). *Worcester Magazine*. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

## External links

- United States Congress. ["Joseph H. Walker (id: W000062)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000062). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- [Joseph H. Walker](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7505020) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by John E. Russell Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 Succeeded by Michael J. McEttrick Preceded by John F. Andrew Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 Succeeded by John R. Thayer

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v t e United States representatives from Massachusetts 1st district F. Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J. Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N. Appleton Gorham A. Lawrence Fletcher A. Lawrence Winthrop N. Appleton Winthrop S. Eliot W. Appleton Scudder T. D. Eliot Hall T. D. Eliot Buffington Crapo R. Davis Randall Wright G. Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal 2nd district Goodhue Foster W. Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W. Lyman Shepard J. Crowninshield Story Pickman W. Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern 3rd district Gerry Bourne Coffin S. Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A. Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C. Adams Thomas A. Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B. Dean Field Ranney L. Morse J. Andrew Walker J. R. Thayer R. Hoar C. Washburn J. A. Thayer Wilder Paige F. Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N. Tsongas Trahan 4th district Sedgwick Dearborn G. Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L. Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W. Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E. Everett Sa. Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A. Rice Hooper Frost J. Abbott L. Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P. Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III Auchincloss 5th district Partridge Bourne Freeman L. Williams T. Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J. Davis L. Lincoln Jr. Hudson C. Allen W. Appleton Burlingame W. Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L. Morse Hayden Banks Sh. Hoar Stevens Knox B. Ames J. Rogers E. Rogers B. Morse Cronin P. Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N. Tsongas Markey Clark 6th district G. Thatcher Leonard J. Reed Sr. J. Smith Taggart S. Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G. Davis Upham T. Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A.P. Andrew G. Bates W. Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton 7th district Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H. Dwight S. Allen Grennell Briggs J. Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E. Hoar Tarbox Butler W. Russell Stone Cogswell W. Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W. Connery L. Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano Pressley 8th district Grout G. Thatcher F. Ames Otis Eustis L. Williams Green Gardner Green J. Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J. Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G. Hoar J. M. S. Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell C. H. Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H. Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch 9th district Varnum Bishop J. Dean Wheaton J. Reed Jr. Folger J. Reed Jr. H. Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H. Williams Hale Fowler Little De Witt E. Thayer Bailey A. Walker W. Washburn Crocker G. Hoar W. Rice T. Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G. Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R. Russell Luce T. H. Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating 10th district Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J. Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey H. A. S. Dearborn W. Baylies Borden H. Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W. Rice J. E. Russell J. Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating 11th district Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A. Bigelow Brigham B. Adams J. Russell Hobart J. Richardson J. Adams J. Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly 12th district H. Dearborn I. Parker Lee S. Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L. Bigelow Baylies Hodges J. Adams Robinson F. Rockwell Crosby E. Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds 13th district Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J. Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke 14th district G. Thatcher Cutts C. King J. Holmes Lovering E. Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin 15th district Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford 16th district S. Thatcher Cook Tallman S. Davis Brown Orr Hill Thacher Walsh Gifford 17th district Bruce Chandler Gannett F. Carr Wood J. Carr Wilson Kinsley 18th district Wilson T. Rice J. Parker 19th district J. Parker Conner Gage Cushman 20th district Hubbard Parris E. Lincoln At-large Cobb

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