Walter Stosch
{{Short description|American politician (born 1936)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Walter Stosch
|image = Delegate Stosch 1988.jpg
|office = President pro tempore of the Virginia Senate
|term_start = June 23, 2014
|term_end = January 13, 2016
|predecessor = Charles Colgan
|successor = Stephen Newman
|term_start1 = January 12, 2012
|term_end1 = January 28, 2014
|predecessor1 = Charles Colgan
|successor1 = Charles Colgan
|state_senate2 = Virginia
|district2 = 12th
|term_start2 = January 8, 1992
|term_end2 = January 13, 2016
|predecessor2 = Eddy Dalton
|successor2 = Siobhan Dunnavant
|state_delegate3 = Virginia
|district3 = 73rd
|term_start3 = January 12, 1983
|term_end3 = January 8, 1992
|predecessor3 = Robison B. James
|successor3 = Eric Cantor
|birth_name = Walter Allen Stosch
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|8|18}}
|birth_place = Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|spouse = Eleanor Herbert
|children = David
Karen
|alma_mater = University of Richmond
|website = [http://walterstosch.com Official website]
|branch = United States Army
|serviceyears = 1953–1956
}}
Walter Allen Stosch (born August 18, 1936, in Fredericksburg, Virginia) is an American politician in the Republican Party. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 until 1992, when he was elected to the Senate of Virginia. He was Majority leader 1998–2007, after which he was named Republican Leader Emeritus. He served as the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for his final term, except for a six-month period when Democrats controlled the chamber. He represented the 12th district, made up of parts of Hanover and Henrico Counties.Senate of Virginia bio In 2009, responding to the request of constituent Em Bowles Locker Alsop, Stosch sponsored a monument to Virginia women in Capitol Square, which became law in 2010, and was unveiled in October 2018.Maura Mazurowski, Woman attorneys saluted as Part of Virginia's history, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 34, No. 20 (October 14, 2019) p. 7
Personal life
Stosch was born and raised in the Northern Neck of Virginia. He served in the United States Army 1953–56, then attended the University of Richmond, where he received a B.S. degree in accounting in 1959. He passed the Certified Public Accountant exam and began practice in Richmond. In 1984, he received an MBA degree from the same school. He was also an adjunct professor at both Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University.{{cite web | title = Biography | work = Virginia State Senator Walter Stosch | url = http://www.walterstosch.com/bio.php | accessdate = 2009-01-27}}
He married Eleanor Herbert. They had two children, David and Karen, and four grandchildren, Sarah Stosch Stewart, Ashley Watson, Kelly Stosch Chaffin, and Brian Watson.
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References
- {{cite web | title = Senator Walter A. Stosch; Republican Leader Emeritus; Republican - District 12 | publisher = Senate of Virginia | url = http://sov.state.va.us/SenatorDB.nsf/23b0c13df27a5ef585256fc7004febb2/1054b845f19b20aa85256aa00071999f?OpenDocument}}
- {{cite web | title = Virginia State Senator Walter Stosch | url = http://www.walterstosch.com}} (Constituent/campaign website)
- {{cite web | title = Past member search; Walter Stosch | publisher = Virginia House of Delegates | url = http://dela.state.va.us/dela/Membios.nsf/HSearch/?SearchView&Query=%5BFullName%5D+Contains+stosch+&SearchMax=&SearchOrder=4}}
External links
- {{cite web | title = Senator Walter Stosch (R-Glen Allen) | work = Richmond Sunlight | url = http://www.richmondsunlight.com/legislator/wastosch/}}
- {{cite web | title = Walter A Stosch | publisher = Virginia Public Access Project | url = http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/2573}}
- {{cite web|title=Election Results |publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections |url=http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Election_Information/Election_Results/Index.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617084700/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Election_Information/Election_Results/Index.html |archivedate=2010-06-17 }}
- [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=5098 Project Vote Smart - Senator Walter A. Stosch (VA)] profile
- Follow the Money - Walter A Stosch
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200545&c=414049 2005] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200345&c=59454 2003] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200145&c=59912 2001] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199945&c=2177 1999] campaign contributions
- [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/votersguide/2007/va/races/va-senate-district-12/ Washington Post - Senate District 12 Race]
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Category:Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
Category:Politicians from Fredericksburg, Virginia
Category:People from Henrico County, Virginia
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Category:20th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly