George Austin Welsh

George Austin Welsh (August 9, 1878 – October 22, 1970) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Education and career

Born on August 9, 1878, in Bay View, Maryland, Welsh attended the country schools and the public schools of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He entered private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1905 to 1923. He was an assistant city solicitor for Philadelphia from 1906 to 1907.

Federal judicial service

Welsh was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on April 14, 1932, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Joseph Whitaker Thompson. He assumed senior status on August 29, 1957.

Personal life

Welsh married Nellie Ross Wolf of Bermuda in 1906. They had two sons, William Austin Welsh and James Conwell Welsh. In 1921, he married for the 2nd time Helen Reed Kirk and they had three children together, Margaret, Patrick and Deborah.