Walker Brooke

Walker Brooke

Walker Brooke (born December 25, 1813 in Page Brooke , Clarke County , Virginia , † February 18, 1869 in Vicksburg , Mississippi ) was an American politician and Senator from Mississippi.

Career

Walker Brooke attended public schools in Richmond , Virginia and Georgetown, DC He then graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1835 , studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1838 and began practicing in Lexington .

He began a political career in 1848 when he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives. He was then elected to the Mississippi Senate in 1850 , where he served until 1852. He was also elected to the US Senate as a member of the Whig Party to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Henry S. Foote . Brooke served from February 18, 1852 to March 3, 1853. He decided not to run for re-election, so he returned to his practice as a lawyer. He then moved to Vicksburg in 1857, where he continued to practice.

He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1861 and was accepted into the Democratic Party in the same year . He was also a deputy in the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861 , where he then served for a year. He was also a member of the Confederate States' permanent military tribunal .

Walker Brooke died in Vicksburg on February 18, 1869 and was buried in Vicksburg Cemetery.

Web links

• Walker Brooke in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)