T. Semmes Walmsley
| Thomas Semmes Walmsley | |
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| 49th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana | |
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In office July 15, 1929 – June 30, 1936 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur J. O'Keefe |
| Succeeded by | A. Miles Pratt (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 10, 1889 Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | June 19, 1942 (aged 53) San Antonio, Texas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Havard Walmsley |
| Children | Augusta Walmsley King |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army Air Corps |
Thomas Semmes Walmsley, known as T. Semmes Walmsley (June 10, 1889 – June 19, 1942), was the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from July 1929 to June 1936. He is best known for his intense rivalry, reconciliation, and then resumption of hostilities with Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr.
Walmsley was born to a prominent family in Uptown New Orleans. He was the son of wealthy cotton factor Sylvester Pierce Walmsley and his wife, the former Myra E. Semmes. He attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, and then Tulane University in New Orleans, where he was a student athlete. In 1912, he graduated from Tulane University Law School. After graduation, he became a lawyer for a New Orleans firm. On April 15, 1914, he wed the former Julia Havard of New Orleans, and the couple had one daughter, Augusta, later Mrs. Frederick J. King. He served in World War I as a major in the United States Army Air Corps, forerunner of the Air Force.
From 1919 to 1924, Walmsley served as an assistant attorney general of Louisiana. In 1925, he was appointed city attorney by Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans, and he became a prominent figure in Behrman’s Regular Democratic Organization political machine. The Old Regulars helped him to be elected as commissioner of public finance, a post which he held from 1926 to 1929. In July 1929, Walmsley was appointed acting mayor of New Orleans to fill in for Behrman’s successor, Arthur J. O'Keefe, who resigned because of illness.
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