Cornelius Walsh (1817 – September 20, 1879) was an American Republican Party politician and trunk manufacturer from New Jersey.
He went to work at an early age, serving as an apprentice in a silver-plating business in Newark, New Jersey.
[1] Returning to Newark, he and his brother-in-law, William Brown, formed a partnership to manufacture trunk rivets.
Walsh continued the enterprise alone and expanded his trunk business until he had a large factory with 200 employees.
[2] In the 1871 gubernatorial race, Walsh faced the Democratic candidate, Joel Parker, who had previously served a term as governor from 1863 to 1866.