George Walker (Kentucky politician) explained

George Walker
Jr/Sr1:United States Senator
State1:Kentucky
Term Start1:August 30, 1814
Term End1:February 2, 1815
Appointer1:Isaac Shelby
Predecessor1:George M. Bibb
Successor1:William T. Barry
Office2:Member of the Kentucky Senate
Term2:1810-1814
Birth Date:1763
Birth Place:Culpeper County, Virginia
Death Date:August 19,
Death Place:Nicholasville, Kentucky
Party:Democratic-Republican

George Walker (1763  - August 19, 1819)[1] was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky.

Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, Walker attended the common schools and served in the American Revolutionary War. He moved to Jessamine County, Kentucky, in 1794 and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Nicholasville, Kentucky, in 1799. He served as a commissioner of the Kentucky River Company in 1801.

Walker was a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1810 to 1814. He was then appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George M. Bibb, and served from August 30, 1814, to February 2, 1815, when a successor was elected. He died in Nicholasville in 1819, and was interred on his estate near there.

George Walker was the brother of David Walker and John Walker and the great uncle of James D. Walker. He was also the uncle of two governors of Florida, Richard Keith Call and David Shelby Walker. Another nephew John George Walker served as a general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Kentucky Encyclopedia. John E. Kleber. 1992. University Press of Kentucky. 925. 0813128838. 91-26146.