11 Facts About Walter Forward

Walter Forward was an American lawyer and politician.

Walter Forward was the brother of Chauncey Forward and Oliver Forward.

Walter Forward practiced in Pittsburgh and served for more than a year as editor of The Tree of Liberty newspaper.

Walter Forward was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the 19th Congress.

Walter Forward was a member of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1837 and played an important role in the establishment of the United States Whig Party in the 1830s.

Walter Forward declined that appointment but on March 6,1841 was appointed by President William Henry Harrison to be First Comptroller of the Treasury.

Walter Forward served in that post until September 13,1841, when he was appointed 15th US Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler.

Walter Forward was asked to develop plans for a "Board of Exchequer" to receive and disburse customs revenue, since the Independent Treasury System was no longer in effect.

Walter Forward returned from Denmark in 1851 to serve as presiding judge of the district court of Allegheny County.

Walter Forward died in Pittsburgh and is interred in Allegheny Cemetery.

Forward Township in Allegheny County is named for Walter Forward, as is the Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Forward.