Percy Walker
U.S. Congressperson
1812 – 1880
Who was Percy Walker?
Percy Walker, a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, in December 1812; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1835; commenced the practice of medicine in Mobile, Alabama; served in the campaign against the Creek Indians; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Mobile; State’s attorney for the sixth judicial district; member of the State house of representatives in 1839, 1847, and 1853; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856; died in Mobile, Alabama, 31 December 1880; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
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- Born
- Dec 1, 1812
Huntsville - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Alabama
- Died
- Dec 31, 1880
Mobile
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on July 23, 2013
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