About Thomas Yates Walsh
Lived 1809 – 1865 (aged 55–56). Thomas Yates Walsh was an American politician and lawyer.
Thomas Yates Walsh (1809 – January 20, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Walsh completed preparatory studies and attended St. Mary's College at Baltimore (1821–1824). He studied law, was admitted to the bar on July 30, 1832, and commenced practice in Baltimore. He served as member of the city council in 1847 and 1848.
Walsh was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress, and resumed the practice of law. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, and is interred in St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Cemetery.
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Who was Thomas Yates Walsh?
American politician (1809-1865)
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Thomas Yates Walsh was born in 1809 in Baltimore.
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Thomas Yates Walsh died on 20 January 1865 in Baltimore.
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Thomas Yates Walsh was a politician and lawyer.
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