Allan Bartholomew WALSH, Congress, NJ (1874-1953)

WALSH, Allan Bartholomew, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Trenton, N.J., August 29, 1874; attended Immaculate Conception Parochial School and the public schools of Trenton; employed with an electrical concern in Trenton 1900-1911; member of the State house of assembly in 1910 and 1911; secretary of the Mercer County Board of Taxation in 1912 and 1913; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; engaged in the real estate brokerage business; served as an internal-revenue agent in New Jersey and Wisconsin from 1915 to 1920, when he resigned to engage in private practice as a consultant and adviser in the field of federal laws; again appointed as an internal-revenue agent and served from 1933 until 1940, when he retired due to physical disability and resided in Palm Beach, Fla.; died in New York City, August 5, 1953; interment in Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present