Richard Wilde Walker

Richard Wilde Walker
Confederate States Senator from Alabama
In office February 17, 1864 – May 10, 1865
Preceded by	Clement Clay
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the C.S. Congress from Alabama
In office February 8, 1861 – February 17, 1862
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1823-02-16)February 16, 1823 Huntsville, Alabama
Died	Huntsville, Alabama
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic

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

Early life

Walker was born in Huntsville, Alabama. 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.

Career

Walker represented Alabama in the provisional C.S. Congress, from 1861 to 1862. He also served as a senator in the Second C. S. Congress, from 1864 to 1865.

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, pages 355-356

External links

• Richard Wilde Walker at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Position established	Deputy in the C.S. Congress from Alabama February 8, 1861 – February 17, 1862	Succeeded by Position abolished
Confederate States Senate
Preceded by Clement Clay	Confederate States Senator (Class 1) from Alabama February 17, 1864 – May 10, 1865 Served alongside: Robert Jemison	Succeeded by Position abolished