| Intro | American politician |
| Was | Politician |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 17 April 1876 |
| Death |
11 June 1936, Cleveland (aged 60 years) |
Walter J. Cookson (April 17, 1876 – June 11, 1936), Republican politician, was mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1936. Cookson was elected mayor after serving several years on the School Committee. Only a few months after his election, he collapsed and died of a heart attack in his Cleveland hotel room while attending the 1936 Republican National Convention. Cookson Field, an 18-acre (73,000 m2) park near Worcester’s College of the Holy Cross is named in his honor.