John Jackson Walsh
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John Jackson Walsh | |
|---|---|
 Walsh circa 1922 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate for the 8th Suffolk District | |
| In office 1919–1920 | |
| Preceded by | Herman Hormel |
| Succeeded by | George W. P. Babb |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 31, 1871 |
| Died | September 17, 1949 (aged 78) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Boston University School of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
John Jackson Walsh (born John Joseph Walsh) was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate and was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in 1920.
Walsh was born on March 31, 1871, in Dublin. His family moved to the United States when he was five years old. He worked as a newsboy, glass factory employee, bellhop, and office boy before studying law in the office of Patrick A. Collins. In 1892 he graduated from Boston University Law School and became a practicing attorney. He served as legal counsel for a number of labor unions and for several years was a temporary clerk of courts in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Although he was born John Joseph Walsh he went by John Jackson Walsh to avoid confusion with a law school classmate.[1] Walsh was married twice. His first marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church on the grounds of "irreconcilable religious differences" (Walsh was a Catholic and his wife as a Protestant).[2] He had two children with his first wife.[1]