Lewis L. Walker

Lewis Leavell Walker (born February 15, 1873 in Lancaster , Garrard County , Kentucky , †  June 30, 1944 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1931 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After Lancaster Academy and Garrard College , Lewis Walker studied at Central University in Richmond . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1894, he began to work in Lancaster in this profession. He also got into the banking industry. In 1901, Walker became a district attorney in Garrard County. Between 1907 and 1910 he was the legal representative of his hometown Lancaster. He was also the curator of the University of Kentucky at Lexington from 1908 to 1915 . In 1910 and 1911 he was a judge in the 13th judicial district of his home state. After that he practiced as a lawyer again.

Politically, Walker became a member of the Republican Party . In the 1928 congressional election , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Democrat Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert on March 4, 1929 , whom he had defeated in the election. Since he was no longer running in 1930, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1931 . After that, his mandate fell back to Gilbert.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Lewis Walker returned to work as a lawyer. Politically, he no longer appeared. He died on June 30, 1944 in his birthplace Lancaster and was buried there.

Web links

• Lewis L. Walker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lewis L. Walker in the database of Find a Grave (English)