Richard Wilde Walker
| Richard Wilde Walker | |
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| Confederate States Senator from Alabama | |
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In office February 17, 1864 – May 10, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | Clement Clay |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the C.S. Congress from Alabama | |
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In office February 8, 1861 – February 17, 1862 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 16, 1823 Huntsville, Alabama |
| Died |
June 16, 1874 (aged 51) Huntsville, Alabama |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician.
Early life
Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He was the son of John Williams Walker, the brother of Percy Walker and LeRoy Pope Walker, and father of Richard Wilde Walker, Jr. Richard Walker, Sr. served in the Alabama state legislature from 1851 to 1855, and served as Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 1859.
Career
Walker represented Alabama in the provisional C.S. Congress, from 1861 to 1862. He also served as a senator in the Second C. S. Congress, from 1864 to 1865.
In popular culture
In the 1992 Harry Turtledove science fiction-alternative history novel The Guns of the South, "Senator Walker" is mentioned as opposing a bill to re-enslave freedmen in a victorious Confederacy, but being blackmailed by the "Rivington" cabal into silencing himself.
References
"Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872," by Willis Brewer, published 1872, pages 355-356
External links
Richard Wilde Walker at Find a Grave
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