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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaWALKER, Robert Smith
(1942—)
WALKER, Robert Smith, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bradford, McKean County, Pa., December 23, 1942; graduated from Penn Manor High School, Millersville, Pa., 1960; attended the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1960-1961; B.S., Millersville University, Millersville, Pa., 1964; M.A., University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 1968; taught in Millersville public schools, 1964-1967; served in Pennsylvania National Guard, 1967-1973; assistant to Representative Edwin D. Eshleman of Pennsylvania, 1967-1976; delegate and alternate delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1980-1996; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1997); chairman, Committee on Science (One Hundred Fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996; is a resident of East Petersburg, Pa.
Eshleman, Edwin D., and Robert S. Walker. Congress, The Pennsylvania Dutch Representatives, 1774-1974.
Lancaster, Pa.: Concorde Publishing, 1975.
Walker, Robert. “Lying by Design: A Congressional Record of Lies.” In A House of Ill Repute,
edited by Dan Renberg, 85-100. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1987.
———. “Protecting Rights, Correcting Wrongs: The Case Against Quotas.” In Can You Afford This House?,
edited by David Treen, 231-37. Ottawa, Ill.: Green Hill Books, 1978.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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