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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaJohn Williams WALKER
(1783-1823)
Senate Years of Service:
1819-1822Party: Democratic
RepublicanWALKER, John Williams,
(father of Percy Walker and great-great-grandfather of Richard
Walker Bolling), a Senator from Alabama; born in Amelia County,
Va., August 12, 1783; attended a private school; graduated from The
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1806; studied
law; admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in
Huntsville, Ala.; member, Territorial house of representatives
1817, and served as speaker; president of the State constitutional
convention in 1819; upon the admission of Alabama as a State into
the Union was elected as a Democratic Republican to the United
States Senate and served from December 14, 1819, to December 12,
1822, when he resigned; died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.,
April 23, 1823; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Bibliography
Bailey, Hugh C. John Williams Walker: Life of the Old
Southwest. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1964;
Owsley, Frank L. ”John Williams Walker.” Alabama
Review 9 (1956): 100-19.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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