Joseph H. Walker (Massachusetts speaker)
Joseph H. Walker was a U.S. politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1909 to 1911.
Walker was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1911, but lost the Republican nomination to Lieutenant Governor Louis A. Frothingham.[1] He ran again in 1912, but lost in the general election to Governor Eugene Foss.[2] He ran a third time in 1914 as a member of the Progressive Party. He finished in third place with 7.02% of the vote.[3]
Walker was the son of Joseph H. Walker, a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1899.[4]
References
- ^ "Republican Contest Won by Frothingham, Democratic Ticket Again Headed By Gov. Foss". Boston Daily Globe. September 27, 1911. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/709522542.html?dids=709522542:709522542&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ Number of Assessed Polls, Registered Voters and Persons who Voted in Each Voting Precinct at the State, City, and Town Elections. http://www.archive.org/stream/numberofassessed1912mass#page/n201/mode/2up.
- ^ Number of Assessed Polls, Registered Voters and Persons who Voted in Each Voting Precinct at the State, City, and Town Elections. http://www.archive.org/stream/numberofassessed1913mass#page/486/mode/2up.
- ^ Hall, J. Brainerd (January-December, 1911). "Looking Down the Vista of Departed Years". Worcester Magazine. http://books.google.com/books?id=9HUWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA554. Retrieved 16 June 2011.