John Walker (February 13, 1744 – December 2, 1809) was a public official from Virginia.
John T. Walker | |
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| United States Senator from Virginia | |
| In office March 31, 1790 – November 9, 1790 | |
| Appointed by | Beverley Randolph |
| Preceded by | William Grayson |
| Succeeded by | James Monroe |
| Delegate to the Second Continental Congress from Virginia | |
| In office 1780 | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Albemarle County | |
| In office February 10, 1772 – May 6, 1776 Alongside Thomas Jefferson | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Walker |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 13, 1744 Cobham, Virginia |
| Died | December 2, 1809 (aged 65) Madison Mills, Virginia |
| Political party | Pro-Administration |
| Alma mater | College of William and Mary |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Biography
editWalker was born in Virginia, the son of Dr. Thomas Walker. He received private education before attending the College of William and Mary, which he graduated from in 1764. He was a neighbor and classmate at William and Mary of Thomas Jefferson and they remained close friends until the elections of 1804-1805. In 1768, he was elected to the American Society.[1] In 1772, he replaced his father as a representative of the House of Burgesses. He was in the Continental Army, serving in 1777 as an aide-de-camp to General George Washington, holding the rank of colonel. In 1780, he was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He then studied law. When William Grayson died in 1790, Walker was appointed to the United States Senate to serve from March 31 to November 9 of that year, when a successor was elected by the Virginia General Assembly. Thomas Jefferson’s attempted seduction of his wife, which almost led to a duel, and was fodder for the Federalist Press, is discussed in Dumas Malone’s Jefferson the Virginian (Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1948 Appendix III pp 447-451).
Walker owned slaves.[2] He died in 1809.
External links and references
edit- United States Congress. "John Walker (id: W000059)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Specific
- ^ Bell, Whitfield J., and Charles Greifenstein, Jr. Patriot-Improvers: Biographical Sketches of Members of the American Philosophical Society. 3 vols. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1997, 2:251–255.
- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-13, retrieved 2022-07-03