Herbert Sanford Walters

Herbert Sanford Walters

Herbert Sanford Walters (* 17th November 1881 in Leadvale , Jefferson County , Tennessee ; †  17th October 1973 in Knoxville , Tennessee) was an American politician of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the United States Senate from 1963 to 1964, representing Tennessee.

Life

Walters graduated from Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon ; he then studied at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City and at the University of Tennessee . He embarked on a professional career in banking.

politics

Politically, Walters was active for the first time from 1934 to 1936 as a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee . He later became a member of the state government, where he served as Commissioner of Highways .

After the death of US Senator Estes Kefauver , Herbert Walters was appointed by Governor Frank G. Clement on August 20, 1963 as his acting successor in Congress ; at that time he was already 81 years old. This was seen as a move by the governor in order to later take the place of Walter, who is unlikely to run for re-election. This venture failed, however, as Clement was defeated by the Democratic Party in the primaries .

Herbert Walters spent his time in the Senate unobtrusively; mostly he was in the shadow of Albert Gore , the senior senator from Tennessee. He supported most of the legislative initiatives from President Lyndon B. Johnson , who took over from the murdered John F. Kennedy three months after Walters' appeal . However, like most Senators from the Deep South , he voted against civil rights legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . Immediately after the election of his successor Ross Bass , Walters resigned from the Senate on November 3, 1964.

Web links

• Herbert Sanford Walters in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Herbert Sanford Walters in the database of Find a Grave (English)