| James B. Walker | |
| Order: | 13th |
| Office: | Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan |
| Term Start: | 1870 |
| Term End: | 1871 |
| Predecessor: | William S. Patrick |
| Successor: | David Spencer Fox |
| Birth Date: | 1812 |
| Birth Place: | Locke, Cayuga County, New York |
| Children: | Anna McCall[1] |
| Occupation: | Clerk, banker |
| Profession: | Merchant |
James B. Walker (1812–1877) was a Michigan politician.[2] [3]
Walker was born in 1812 in Locke, Cayuga County, New York. He came to Flint, Michigan in 1836 and began working in as a clerk in Beach & Wesson dry goods store. Later, H.M. Henderson's dry goods store employed him. From 1838 to 1842, Walker operated a mercantile business on the north side of the Flint River. He building and ran a store at the corner of Kearsley and Saginaw streets from 1842 to 1858.[1]
As the governor's appointed state resident trustee, he was in charge of deaf, dumb and blind asylum's construction and continued as a trustee of the asylum from 1858 to 1873.[1] He was elected as mayor of the City of Flint in 1870 serving a single 1-year term.[2] [4] The first pavement on Saginaw Street was laid during his term as Mayor.[1]
In 1872, Walker was the first president and director of the Genesee Savings Bank. Walker died in Flint, 1877.[1]