Richard J. Welch
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Richard J. Welch | |
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19th district | |
In office January 1, 1901 – January 6, 1913 | |
Preceded by | Lawrence J. Dwyer |
Succeeded by | Edwin Grant |
Personal details | |
Born | Monroe County, New York, U.S. | February 13, 1869
Died | September 10, 1949 Needles, California, U.S. | (aged 80)
Political party | Republican Union Labor |
Spouse | Sarah O'Connor Welch |
Children | Garrett 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
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
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
External links
- United States Congress. "Richard J. Welch (id: W000265)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Richard Joseph Welch, Late a Representative from California. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. 1950.
- Richard J. Welch at Find a Grave
- Join California Richard J. Welch
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress