David Walker (politician, 1763)

David Walker (born April 13, 1763 in Brunswick County , Colony of Virginia , † March 1, 1820 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1820 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Walker was a brother of George Walker (1763-1819), who served in 1814 as the US Senator for Kentucky for a few months . He was also the grandfather of James D. Walker (1830-1906), who sat for Arkansas in the US Senate between 1879 and 1885 . He attended both private and public schools and participated in the War of Independence as a soldier .

He later moved to Logan County , where he held a number of local offices in the county government and the county court. Between 1793 and 1796 he was an MP in the Kentucky House of Representatives . During the British-American War of 1812 , Walker was an officer on the staff of Isaac Shelby . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic-Republican Party founded by later President Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s .

In the congressional election of 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the sixth constituency of Kentucky, where he succeeded Solomon P. Sharp on March 4, 1817 . He was confirmed in the elections of 1818. He entered his second term in Congress on March 4, 1819. However, he could not finish this because he died on March 1, 1820. He was buried in the Washington Convention Cemetery.

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SURNAME	Walker, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1763
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brunswick County , Colony of Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	March 1, 1820
Place of death	Washington, DC