Richard Wilde Walker

American judge

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

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

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

Offices and distinctions

Political offices
Preceded by New constituency	Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States 1861–1862	Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Confederate States Senate
Preceded by Clement Clay	Confederate States Senator (Class 1) from Alabama 1864–1865 Served alongside: Robert Jemison	Succeeded by Constituency abolished

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v t e Signatories of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States
President of the Congress	Howell Cobb
South Carolina	Robert Barnwell Rhett R. W. Barnwell James Chesnut, Jr. C. G. Memminger Wm. Porcher Miles Laurence M. Keitt William W. Boyce Tho. J. Withers
Georgia	R. Toombs Francis S. Bartow Martin J. Crawford E. A. Nisbet Benjamin H. Hill Augustus R. Wright Thos. R. R. Cobb A. H. Kenan Alexander H. Stephens
Florida	Jackson Morton Jas. B. Owens J. Patton Anderson
Alabama	Richard W. Walker Robt. H. Smith Colin J. McRae Jno. Gill Shorter William Parish Chilton Stephen F. Hale David P. Lewis Tho. Fearn J. L. M. Curry
Mississippi	W. P. Harris Alexander M. Clayton W. S. Wilson James T. Harrison Walker Brooke William S. Barry J. A. P. Campbell
Louisiana	John Perkins, Jr. Alex. de Clouet C. M. Conrad Duncan F. Kenner Edward Sparrow Henry Marshall
Texas	Thomas N. Waul Williamson S. Oldham John Gregg John H. Reagan W. B. Ochiltree John Hemphill Louis T. Wigfall
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v t e Signatories of the Confederate States Constitution
President of the Congress	Howell Cobb
South Carolina	Robert Barnwell Rhett C. G. Memminger Wm. Porcher Miles James Chesnut Jr. R. W. Barnwell William W. Boyce Laurence Keitt T. J. Withers
Georgia	R. Toombs Francis S. Bartow Martin J. Crawford Alexander H. Stephens Benjamin H. Hill Thos. R. R. Cobb E. A. Nisbet Augustus R. Wright A. H. Kenan
Florida	Jackson Morton J. Patton Anderson Jas. B. Owens
Alabama	Richard W. Walker Robt. H. Smith Colin J. McRae William P. Chilton Stephen F. Hale David P. Lewis Tho. Fearn Jno. Gill Shorter J. L. M. Curry
Mississippi	Alexander M. Clayton James T. Harrison William S. Barry W. S. Wilson Walker Brooke W. P. Harris J. A. P. Campbell
Louisiana	John Perkins Jr. Alex. de Clouet C. M. Conrad Duncan F. Kenner Henry Marshall Edward Sparrow
Texas	John Hemphill Thomas N. Waul John H. Reagan Williamson S. Oldham Louis T. Wigfall John Gregg William Beck Ochiltree
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v t e Confederate States senators
Class 1	Baker (Fla.) Clark (Mo.) Clay (Ala.) Davis (N.C.) Graham (N.C.) H. Johnson (Ga.) R. Johnson (Ark.) Lewis (Ga.) Phelan (Miss.) Reade (N.C.) Simms (Ky.) Vest (Mo.) Walker (Ala.) Watson (Miss.)
Class 2	Barnwell (S.C.) Brown (Miss.) Caperton (Va.) Dortch (N.C.) Henry (Tenn.) W. Johnson (Mo.) Maxwell (Fla.) Peyton (Mo.) Preston (Va.) Semmes (La.) Wigfall (Tex.)
Class 3	Burnett (Ky.) Garland (Ark.) Haynes (Tenn.) Hill (Ga.) Hunter (Va.) Jemison (Ala.) Mitchel (Ark.) Oldham (Tex.) Orr (S.C.) Sparrow (La.) Yancey (Ala.)
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v t e Speakers of the Alabama House of Representatives
Alabama Territory	Moore J. Walker
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