Richard J. Welch

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Richard J. Welch
19th district
In office
January 1, 1901 – January 6, 1913
Preceded byLawrence J. Dwyer
Succeeded byEdwin Grant
Personal details
Born(1869-02-13)February 13, 1869
Monroe County, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 10, 1949(1949-09-10) (aged 80)
Needles, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Union Labor
SpouseSarah O'Connor Welch
ChildrenGarrett Welch

Richard Joseph Welch (February 13, 1869 – September 10, 1949) was an American county clerk and politician. He sat in the United States House of Representatives for 12 terms from 1926 to 1949, serving a district in San Francisco, California. Before this, Welch had been a state senator. As of 2024, he is the last Republican to represent San Francisco in the House.

Biography

Born in

California Senate
from 1901 to 1913.

Welch was the harbormaster for the port of San Francisco from 1903 to 1907. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 1916 until September 30, 1926, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress.

Congress

Welch was elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lawrence J. Flaherty. He was re-elected to the Seventieth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from August 31, 1926, until his death in a hospital in Needles, California, September 10, 1949. He was succeeded by John F. Shelley and was the last Republican to hold this seat.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Labor (Seventy-first Congress), and the Committee on Public Lands (Eightieth Congress).

He was interred at

Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California
.

See also

  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

External links

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 5th congressional district

August 31, 1926 – September 10, 1949
Succeeded by