Walter S. Hallanan

{{short description|American politician}}

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| name = Walter S. Hallanan

| image = Walter S. Hallanan.png

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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age at death|72|1962|12|28}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and given age|1962|12|28|72}}

| death_place = Charleston, West Virginia

| resting_place = Spring Hill Cemetery

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| occupation = Journalist, oil executive, politician

| spouse = Imogene Hallanan

| children = 2

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| party = Republican

| office = Member of the West Virginia Senate

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| term_start = 1926

| term_end = 1930

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Walter S. Hallanan (1889/1890 – December 28, 1962) was a West Virginia political figure who served as temporary chairman of the 1952 Republican National Convention and vice-chairman of the Republican National Committee.[http://www.wvculture.org/history/government/eisenhowerwheeling02.html Wheeling Ready To Receive Ike At 7:10 Tonight - GOP Dignitaries Converge on City To Greet Leader]

He was named West Virginian of the Year for 1952. An oilman, he was installed as temporary convention chairman by his fellow supporters of Sen. Robert A. Taft, who went on to lose the nomination to Dwight D. Eisenhower.[https://books.google.com/books?id=_FUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22walter+hallanan%22+west+virginia&pg=PA12 Life magazine, July 7, 1952]

Earlier in his career, Hallanan edited the Huntington Herald-Dispatch newspaper[http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201101011393 WVGazette.com: Past West Virginians of the Year] and served as West Virginia's state Tax Commissioner.[https://books.google.com/books?id=pGpTYgEACAAJ Supplementary Report of the State Tax Commissioner to Hon. E.F. Morgan, Governor, Concerning the Gross Sales Tax] He was elected to one term in the West Virginia Senate in 1926. After being defeated for re-election to the Senate, Hallanan was elected to serve as West Virginia's Republican National Committeeman in 1928.[https://books.google.com/books?id=_FUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22walter+hallanan%22+west+virginia&pg=PA12 Life magazine, July 7, 1952] He remained an RNC member until his death in Charleston on December 28, 1962.[https://books.google.com/books?id=syQy7usR3sUC&dq=walter+hallanan+died&pg=PT338 Roots of Modern Conservatism] He was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54912892/w-hallanan-funeral-rites-in-charleston/ |title=W. Hallanan Funeral Rites In Charleston |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |page=20 |date=1962-12-31 |access-date=2020-07-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}