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  Walsh, John R.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1959-01-01  
 
NameJohn R. Walsh
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Anderson, Indiana , United States
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Born May 22, 1913
DiedJanuary 23, 1975 (61 years)
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Apr 19, 2023 10:02pm
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InfoWALSH, John Richard, a Representative from Indiana; born in Martinsville, Morgan County, Ind., May 22, 1913; attended the public schools; was graduated from Indiana University Law School in 1934; was admitted to the bar July 27, 1934, and engaged in the practice of law in Martinsville, Ind., until 1941; Morgan County attorney in 1935 and 1936; deputy attorney general of Indiana in 1941; served in the United States Army with the Thirty-fifth Infantry Division from May 18, 1942, until discharged as a technical sergeant June 15, 1943; in 1943 continued the practice of law in Anderson, Ind.; chief deputy prosecuting attorney of Madison County, Ind., in 1945 and 1946; probate commissioner for Madison County Circuit Court in 1948; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 and for election in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Anderson and continued in practice until his death; member of board of directors and secretary-treasurer, State Security Life Insurance Co., Anderson, Ind., 1953-1958; secretary of state of Indiana from December 1, 1958, to November 30, 1960; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1960; county attorney of Madison County, 1964-1965; was a resident of Anderson, Ind., until his death there on January 23, 1975; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Martinsville, Ind.

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  05/05/1970 IN District 10 - D Primary Lost 21.28% (-1.26%)
  11/04/1958 IN Secretary of State Won 55.29% (+11.35%)
  11/02/1954 IN District 5 Lost 46.24% (-6.88%)
  11/07/1950 IN District 5 Lost 45.28% (-8.86%)
  11/02/1948 IN District 5 Won 51.94% (+5.16%)
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