Thomas Joseph Walker


Thomas Joseph Walker was a Judge of the United States Customs Court.

Education and career

Born on March 25, 1877, in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, Walker attended Georgetown University and the University of Virginia but received no degrees. He served in the United States Armed Forces in 1898. He was a member of the Montana House of Representatives in 1905. He was a county attorney in Silver Bow County, Montana from 1906 to 1910. He worked in private practice in Butte, Montana from 1909 to 1922 and again from 1934 to 1940. He was a member of the Montana Senate from 1922 to 1934.

Federal judicial service

Walker was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 11, 1940, to a seat on the United States Customs Court vacated by Judge Jerry Bartholomew Sullivan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 15, 1940, and received his commission on June 20, 1940. His service terminated on January 18, 1945, due to his death in New York City, New York.