James P. Walker

James Peter Walker (March 14, 1851 – July 19, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

James Peter Walker
From 1891's Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James P. Walker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 14th district
In office March 4, 1887 – July 19, 1890
Preceded by	William Dawson
Succeeded by	Robert H. Whitelaw
Personal details
Born	March 14, 1851 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	July 19, 1890 (aged 39) Dexter, Missouri, U.S.
Cause of death	1889–1890 flu pandemic
Political party	Democratic

Early years

Born near Memphis, Tennessee, Walker attended the public schools and the boys' college at Durhamville, Tennessee.

Career

He was employed in early youth as a clerk in a country store. He moved to Missouri in 1867 and settled near Kennett, Dunklin County. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Point Pleasant, New Madrid County, in 1871 and engaged in transportation on the Mississippi River. He engaged in the dry-goods business at Dexter, Missouri, in 1876, and later, in 1882, in the buying and selling of grain. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1884.

Walker was elected as a Democrat to the fiftieth and fifty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death. He was unanimously nominated as the Democratic candidate for reelection to the fifty-second Congress on the day of his death.

Death

He died July 19, 1890, in Dexter, Missouri from an influenza epidemic that had hit the area. He was interred in Dexter Cemetery.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

• United States Congress. "James P. Walker (id: W000058)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• James P. Walker at Find a Grave
• Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James P. Walker. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. 1891 – via Internet Archive.