Dublin Walker

Dublin Walker (often noted as Dublin I. Walker or Dublin J. Walker) was an African-American State Senator in South Carolina.^[1] A Republican, he represented Chester County, South Carolina from 1874 to 1877^[2] and also served as the county's school commissioner.^[3]

Walker was arrested on April 23, 1877, charged with grand larceny and jailed by the resurgent Democratic Party known as the (Redeemers).^[4][5] He was therefore unable to take his seat in the Senate and resigned three days later on the 26th.^[5]

In November 1875 Governor Daniel Henry Chamberlain (R) pardoned Walker who had been convicted of conspiracy to cheat and defraud.^[6]

See also

• African American officeholders from the end of the Civil War until before 1900
• Annie Walker Blackwell