Richard Wilde Walker

Richard Wilde Walker (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician.

Richard Wilde Walker
Confederate States Senator from Alabama
In office February 17, 1864 – March 18, 1865
Preceded by	Clement Clay
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1823-02-16)February 16, 1823 Huntsville, Alabama
Died	June 16, 1874(1874-06-16) (aged 51) Huntsville, Alabama
Political party	Democratic

Biography

Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1823. 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. Walker represented Alabama in the provisional C.S. Congress from 1861 to 1862. He also served as a Confederate States Senator from 1864 to 1865. he died in Huntsville at age 51.

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, pp. 355–356

External links

• Richard Wilde Walker at Find a Grave