George Austin Welsh

Who was George Austin Welsh?

George Austin Welsh was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

George A. Welsh was born near Bay View, Cecil County, Maryland. He took business and academic courses at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was engaged as a legislative stenographer and reporter from 1895 to 1901. He graduated from the law department of Temple University in 1905, was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He was the Secretary to the Mayor of Philadelphia in 1905 and 1906. He worked as assistant solicitor for Philadelphia in 1906 and 1907, and assistant district attorney for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 1907 through 1922. He was secretary of Temple University from 1914 to 1938, and began serving as first vice president in 1938. He was president of the Republican district executive committee 1914 through 1932. He attended officers’ training camp at Fort Niagara, New York, in 1917. He was a member of the Board of Education of Philadelphia County from 1921 to 1932.

Welsh was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation.