Person:Robert Walker (104)

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Robert John Walker
b.23 Jul 1801
d.11 Nov 1869
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Name Robert John Walker
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Jul 1801
Marriage to Mary Blechenden Bach
Death[1] 11 Nov 1869
Reference Number? Q879106?


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Robert John Walker (July 19, 1801November 11, 1869) was an American lawyer, economist and politician. An active member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the U.S. Senate from Mississippi from 1835 until 1845, as Secretary of the Treasury from 1845 to 1849 during the administration of President James K. Polk, and briefly as Territorial Governor of Kansas in 1857. He was responsible for drafting the 1849 bill that eventually established the United States Department of the Interior.

As senator, Walker vigorously supported the annexation of Texas. As Secretary of the Treasury, he held responsibility for the management of funds relating to the Mexican–American War,. He contributed to a bill called the Walker tariff, which reduced rates to some of the lowest in history. Walker was appointed Governor of Kansas in 1857 by President James Buchanan but resigned shortly after due to his opposition to the administration-sponsored pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution. After his retirement from politics, Walker supported the United States during the American Civil War and continued to practice law in Washington, D.C.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert J. Walker, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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