Walter McNichols
{{Short description|American politician and businessman}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Senator MacNicholls LCCN2014700014.jpg
| name = Walter McNichols
| birth_date = January 10, 1863
| death_date = January 11, 1924 (aged 61)
| birth_place = Scranton, Pennsylvania
| death_place = Scranton, Pennsylvania
| office = Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 22nd district
| termstart = 1911
| termend = 1914
| branch = Pennsylvania National Guard
| predecessor = Edward Francis Blewitt
| successor = William M. Lynch
| party = Republican
}}
Walter McNichols (January 10, 1863 – January 11, 1924) was an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1911 to 1914.
Background
McNichols was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1863. He attended local public schools.
McNichols worked at his father's grocery story and for the United States Postal Service. He later served in the Pennsylvania National Guard. McNichols established the Retail Merchants Association and operated his father's store. He was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district in November 1910, succeeding Edward Francis Blewitt.{{Cite book|last=Senate|first=Pennsylvania General Assembly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTWSPI4dKMAC&dq=walter+mcnichols+pennsylvania&pg=PA2|title=Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|date=1912|language=en}} McNichols served until 1914, and was defeated for re-election by William M. Lynch.{{Cite web|title=William M Lynch|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4959&body=S|access-date=2020-07-10|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=English}} McNichols later served as acting Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.{{Cite web|title=Walter McNichols|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/bioshistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5206&body=S|access-date=2020-07-10|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=English}}{{Cite news|date=1924-01-12|title=Death Notice, Walter McNichols- Scranton Republican Jan 12 1924|pages=17|work=The Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/357368/death-notice-walter-mcnichols/|access-date=2020-07-10}}{{Cite book|last=Commission|first=United States Civil Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FREaAQAAMAAJ&dq=walter+mcnichols+pennsylvania&pg=PA1208|title=Official Register of the United States|date=1894|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}
He died of a heart attack on January 11, 1924.