Sacramento County

Biographies

MARTIN I. WELSH

One of the notable figures in the public life of the Sacramento Valley is Martin I. Welsh, who is now engaged in the practice of law in the capital city, and who has been superior judge of Sacramento county, mayor of Sacramento, and deputy district attorney. Judge Welsh's conduct of his official duties has been characterized by unquestioned integrity and by efficient discharge of the tasks entrusted to him, all being performed in a manner most satisfactory to his fellow citizens.
Martin I. Welsh was born in San Jose, California, October 1, 1882, a son of Garrett and Mary (Connelly) Welsh. The father was a pioneer of Santa Clara county, California, where he came in 1851, the journey having been made by way of the Isthmus of Panama. He was married at Santa Clara.
Martin I. Welsh attended the public schools and then pursued his higher studies at St. Joseph's College, and at St. Vincent's College at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His education was interrupted, however, by the death of his father, and he returned to San Jose to go to work. At first he undertook the study of law privately, and in 1912 successfully passed the bar examinations and was admitted to practice in the courts of California. He began active practice in the city of Sacramento, and was judge of the superior court here for a term. He was also deputy district attorney under E. S. Wachhorst. He served as city councilman of Sacramento from January 1, 1928, to December 31, 1929, and as mayor from September 27, 1928, to December 31, 1929, and was the nominee on the democratic state ticket for the office of lieutenant-governor of California.
Judge Welsh is a member of the State and County Bar Associations. In politics he is nominally a democrat, although he exercises his right to think independently on political matters, and he is ex-grand sachem of the Iroquois Clubs of California, a democratic organization. He was married to Miss Marie E. Eubanks of Santa Clara county, California, August 15, 1903, and is the father of Elynor Jane, Mildred Faye and Marie Ellen Walsh.

Transcribed by Sande Beach.

Source: Wooldridge, J.W. Major History of the Sacramento Valley California, Vol. 2 pgs. 142-143. The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.

Sacramento County Biographies