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John Williams Walker (August 12, 1783 – April 23, 1823) was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican United States senator from the state of Alabama, the first senator elected by that state.
John Williams Walker. By Nancy Rohr. Our John Williams Walker was a young member of the “Broad River Bunch” from Petersburg, Georgia. He had attended Princeton University and met friends Richard Wilde and Thomas Percy there. (At college, these men pledged their friendship and to name their children after one another.) Walker returned to ...
Jul 25, 2023 · Alabama Constitution Hall Replica Few persons have played a more significant role in early Alabama history than John Williams Walker (1783-1823). A Virginia native, Walker was one of a group of entrepreneurs and politicians, known as the Broad River Group , who helped to shape the political structure of Alabama during its transition from ...
May 19, 2012 · John Williams Walker (born August 12, 1783 in Amelia County, Virginia; died April 23, 1823 in Huntsville) was a politician, who served as a Democratic-Republican United States Senator. Walker was the first U.S. Senator elected by Alabama. Walker was the son of Rev. Jeremiah Walker and Mary Jane Graves of Virginia.
JOHN WILLIAMS WALKER (1783 – 1823) President of Alabama’s First Constitutional Convention 1819 and Alabama’s first U.S. Senator 1819 – 22. Walker County in northwest Alabama, created 1823, was named in his honor. Four of his sons, Percy Walker, John James Walker, LeRoy Pope Walker, and Richard Wilde Walker, were prominent in Alabama ...
From The Papers of John Williams Walker. EDITED BY JACQUELYN PROCTER GRAY Among the men who stand out in the early formative years of Alabama is John Williams Walker, who accomplished much and earned incredible respect in the short 40 years of his life. In his 1927 book, The History of Alabama and Her People,
Madison County - John Williams Walker. JANEAL NICHOLS SHANNON Perhaps to better understand John Williams Walker, we need to step back in time, before the Revolutionary War, to Chesterfield County, Virginia where the charismatic Baptist preacher, Jeremiah Walker was in jail. Because he was not ordained by the Church of England and yet
