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John Walsh (U.S. Senator)

John Walsh
John Walsh, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg
United States Senator
from Montana
In office
February 9, 2014 – January 3, 2015
Appointed by Steve Bullock
Preceded by Max Baucus
Succeeded by Steve Daines
34th Lieutenant Governor of Montana
In office
January 7, 2013 – February 9, 2014
Governor Steve Bullock
Preceded by John Bohlinger
Succeeded by Angela McLean
Adjutant General of Montana
In office
September 1, 2008 – March 2012
Governor Brian Schweitzer
Preceded by Randall Mosley
Succeeded by Joel Cusker (Acting)
Personal details
Born John Edward Walsh
(1960-11-03) November 3, 1960 (age 56)
Butte, Montana, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Janet Walsh
Children 2
Alma mater Excelsior College (B.S.)
United States Army War College (M.A. in strategic studies)
Awards Bronze Star medal.jpg Bronze Star Medal
Combat Infantry Badge.svg Combat Infantryman Badge
Website Congressional website
Campaign website
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1979–2012
Rank US-O6 insignia.svg Colonel (U.S. Army)
US-O7 insignia.svg Brigadier General (Montana Guard)
Unit 1st Battalion, 163rd Infantry Regiment
Seal of the United States Army National Guard.svg Montana National Guard
Battles/wars Iraq War

John Edward Walsh (born November 3, 1960) is an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Montana from 2014-15.

A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Army National Guard colonel, the adjutant general of the Montana National Guard with a state commission as a brigadier general from 2008 to 2012, and Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 2013 to 2014.

In October 2013, Walsh announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2014 to succeed retiring Democratic incumbent Max Baucus. When Baucus retired prior to the end of his term, Walsh was appointed to fill Baucus' seat, and thus Walsh was running as an incumbent in 2014. On August 7, 2014, he announced that he was dropping out of the race, a decision attributed to the controversy arising from allegations made in The New York Times that he had plagiarized portions of a 2007 research paper he had written while at the Army War College. The allegations led to an investigation that resulted in the revocation of Walsh's Master's degree in 2014.

In February 2016 Walsh joined the United States Department of Agriculture as state director of Montana's USDA Rural Development office.

Walsh was born on November 3, 1960, in Butte, Montana. He graduated from Butte High School in 1979, and enlisted in the Montana Army National Guard. He began working full-time for the Guard in 1984 and received his commission upon completion of Officer Candidate School in 1987. Walsh met his wife, Janet, while attending college. They have two adult sons.


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