David I. Walsh
David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872June 11, 1947) was an American politician from Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the state's 46th governor before winning election to several terms in the United States Senate, becoming the first Irish Catholic from Massachusetts to fill either office.Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, Walsh was educated at the College of the Holy Cross, subsequently entering a legal practice in Boston after graduating from the Boston University School of Law. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1900 to 1901, establishing a reputation as an anti-imperialist and isolationist. In 1912, he won election as the 43rd lieutenant governor, becoming the state's first Democratic lieutenant governor in seventy years. He served as governor from 1914 to 1916 and led a successful effort to call for a state constitutional convention.
Walsh won election to the Senate in 1918, earning a reputation as a supporter of Irish independence and as a strong opponent of the Treaty of Versailles. He lost his re-election bid in 1924 but returned to the Senate two years later. Walsh became increasingly opposed to an activist government, and supported Al Smith over Franklin D. Roosevelt at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. Despite his lukewarm support for President Roosevelt's New Deal agenda, he introduced the Walsh-Healey Act that established labor standards for government contractors. Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Walsh opposed American involvement in World War II and was a leading member of the America First Committee. However, in a reversal from his earlier stance on the League of Nations, he voted to ratify the United Nations Charter in 1946.
Walsh lost his 1946 re-election bid to Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and died the following year. A maverick in the Senate who regularly broke with his own party, he was remembered chiefly for his isolationism, as well as his passionate defense of Irish and Catholic interests. Walsh, who never married, was also dogged by accusations of homosexuality during his lifetime, including a sensationalized scandal in his final term that he privately called "a tragic Gethsemane" to his political career. Provided by Wikipedia
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"Providing for Acceptance and Cashing of Government Pay Checks of Retired Naval Personnel and Members of the Fleet Naval and Marine Corps Reserves by Commissary Stores and Ships' S...
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Maude P. Gresham. May 10, 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Authorizing the obligation of funds for work at government-owned establishments. May 13 (calendar day, May 17), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Incorporating the Marine Corps League. May 13 (calendar day, May 17), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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"Authorizing the Construction of Certain Auxiliary Vessels for the Navy." May 26, 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Authorizing assignment of officers of the line of the Marine Corps to staff duty only as assistant quarter masters and assistant paymasters. June 1 (calendar day, June 3), 1937. --...
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Providing a uniform method for examinations for promotion of warrant officers. June 1 (calendar day, June 3), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Timothy Joseph McCarthy. June 7 (calendar day, June 14), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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James Philip Coyle. June 7 (calendar day, June 14), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Wartime rank to retired officers and former officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and/or Coast Guard. June 7 (calendar day, June 14), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Authorizing the President to present a Medal of Honor to Harold R. Wood. July 15, 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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History of naval petroleum reserves. Prepared by the Navy Department at the request of Hon. David I. Walsh, Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, United States Senate. May 2...
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Reimbursing certain Marine Corps personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire at the Marine barracks, naval supply depot, Bayonne, N.J., on April 25, 194...
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Providing for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of a fire which occurred on the naval station, T...
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Providing for reimbursement of certain Navy personnel and former Navy personnel for personal property lost or damaged as the result of fires in quarters occupied by naval construct...
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Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Hugh A. Shiels, United States Naval Reserve. May 2 (legislative day, April 12), 1944. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Relief of John F. Fahey, United States Marine Corps, retired. August 16 (calendar day, Aug. 18), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Imported cemented shoes. August 16 (calendar day, Aug. 18), 1937. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Authorizing Superintendent of Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., to accept gifts and bequests of money for erecting a building at the Naval Academy. August 16 (calendar day, August 19)...
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Permitting per diem employees of the Naval establishment to work more than 8 hours per day under certain circumstances. April 10 (legislative day, April 8), 1940. -- Ordered to be...
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