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Note: US Census
1880: Leominster, Worcester Co., MA
1890:
1900: at 80 Brook St., Clinton, Worcester Co., MA
1910:
1920: at 520 Supplementary, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA
1930: at [176 Water St.], Clinton, Worcester Co., MA
1930B: at 35 [Day] St., Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA
1940: at 155 [Snow] St., Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA
Cenus Notes
1880: as Welch
1920: House rented
1930: Birth of mother as [Admullen?], Ireland
Occupation
1880: At School
1900: Lawyer
1920: U.S. Senator - Capitol
1930: United States Senator - United States [Office]
1930B: Lawyer
1940: U.S. Senator - Government
Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915
Name: David Walsh
Event Date: 11 Nov 1872
Event Place: Leominster, Worcester County
Sex: M
Father's Name: James Walsh
Mother's Name: Bridgett
Father's Occupation: Combmaker
Residence of Parents: Leominster
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
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http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000097
Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office
WALSH, David Ignatius, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Leominster, Worcester County, Mass., November 11, 1872; attended the public schools; graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., in 1893 and from Boston University Law School in 1897; admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Fitchburg, Mass., in 1897, later practicing in Boston;
member, State house of representatives 1900-1901; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts 1913 and Governor 1914-1915; chairman of the National Governors Conference 1914-1915; delegate at large to the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1917 and 1918; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1919, to March 3, 1925; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924;
resumed the practice of law in Boston; elected to the United States Senate on November 2, 1926, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Cabot Lodge and took his seat December 6, 1926; reelected in 1928, 1934 and 1940 for the term ending January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses), Committee on Naval Affairs (Seventy-fourth through Seventy-seventh and Seventy-ninth Congresses);
retired from political activities and resided in Clinton, Mass., until his death; died in Boston, Mass., June 11, 1947; interment in St. John�s Cemetery, Clinton, Mass.
Bibliography: American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Flannagan, John H., Jr. �The Disillusionment of a Progressive: U.S. Senator David I. Walsh and the League of Nations Issue, 1918-1920.� New England Quarterly 41 (December 1968): 483-504; Wayman, Dorothy G. David Walsh: Citizen Patriot. Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, 1952.
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