Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1953-1954 Representative Democrat
1955-1956 Representative Democrat
1957-1958 Representative Democrat
1959 Representative Democrat
1960 Representative Democrat
1961 Representative Democrat
1962 Representative Democrat
1963 Representative Democrat
1964 Representative Democrat
1965 Representative Democrat
1966 Representative Democrat
1967 Representative Democrat
1968 Representative Democrat
1969 Representative 37 Democrat
1970 Representative 37 Democrat
1971 Representative 37 Democrat
1972 Representative 37 Democrat
1973 Representative 37 Democrat
1974 Representative 37 Democrat
Counties Allegheny

Biography

12/21/1898 - 10/05/1983


WALSH, John Thomas, a Representative from Allegheny County; born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., December 21, 1898; graduated, St. Peter’s High School; attended, Pittsburgh Academy; attended, University of Pittsburgh; served, 6th Army Corps, United States Army (1918-1919, World War I); employed, steel mill (3 years); general road contractor (15 years); chief clerk, Master Mechanics Office, National Tube Company (3 years); clerk of Yardmaster, B & O Railroad (1 year); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1952; reelected to serve 10 more consecutive terms; appointed, Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation (1971-1974); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1974); assessor, Allegheny County (19 years); deputy, prothonotary's office, Allegheny County (4 years); died, October 5, 1983 in Paris, France; interred, McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
 


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