Clifford Walker

Clifford Walker
Clifford Walker
64th Governor of Georgia
In office June 30, 1923 – June 25, 1927
Preceded by	Thomas W. Hardwick
Succeeded by	Lamartine G. Hardman
Attorney General of Georgia
In office 1915–1920
Preceded by	Warren Grice
Succeeded by	R. A. Denny
Personal details
Born	July 4, 1877 Monroe, Georgia
Died	November 9, 1954 (aged 77) Monroe, Georgia
Resting place	Old Baptist Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Rosa Mathewson
Alma mater	University of Georgia
Religion	Baptist

Clifford Mitchell Walker (July 4, 1877 – November 9, 1954) was an American attorney and politician from Georgia.

Walker served consecutive two-year terms as the 64th Governor of Georgia from 1923 to 1927, after winning with the support of the Ku Klux Klan.^[1] Walker made few legislative advances during his term as Governor, and is largely remembered for his membership in the KKK and his inclusion of KKK leadership in policy matters throughout his term.^[2] His additional political service included the office of Mayor of Monroe, Georgia.

Before his gubernatorial terms, Walker served as the state attorney general from 1915 to 1920. He also was a co-founder of the Woodrow Wilson College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Walker made the first appointment of a poet laureate of the U.S. state of Georgia, that being Frank Lebby Stanton in 1925.

He was born in Monroe in 1877. Walker died at his home in Monroe in 1954 and was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery in that same city.

Notes

1. Lucket, Robert E. "Thomas Hardwick (1872–1944)" http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/thomas-hardwick-1872-1944
2. Huff, Christopher Allen. "Clifford Walker (1877–1954)" http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/clifford-walker-1877-1954

References

• Georgia State Archives Roster of State Governors
• Georgia Governor's Gravesites Field Guide (1776–2003)
• Clifford Mitchell Walker at Find a Grave