John Randall Walker

Who was John Randall Walker?

John Randall Walker was a U.S. political figure from the state of Georgia. Walker was born near Blackshear, Georgia in 1874 and was graduated from the Jasper Normal College in Jasper, Florida. He then studied law at the University of Georgia School of Law and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1898.

In 1912, Walker was elected to the 63rd United States Congress as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and served two additional terms in that seat until losing his bid for reelection in 1918. He died in Blackshear on July 21, 1942, and was buried in a family cemetery in Pierce County, Georgia.