Herbert S. Walters

Who was Herbert S. Walters?

Herbert Sanford Walters was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1963 to 1964.

Walters was a native of Jefferson County, Tennessee. He was a graduate of the former Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon, Tennessee and attended Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee and the University of Tennessee.

Walters became a prominent banker in East Tennessee. He served a term in the Tennessee House of Representatives prior to serving in the state Cabinet as Commissioner of Highways.

Walters was appointed to the Senate on August 20, 1963 by Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement, upon the death of Senator Estes Kefauver. At age 71 when assuming office, Walters was immediately assumed to be a caretaker who would show no interest in being elected to the office in his own right, which proved to be correct.