Percy Walker
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Percy Walker | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Phillips |
| Succeeded by | James Adams Stallworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1812 |
| Died | 31 December 1880 (aged 68) |
| Party | Know Nothing |
Percy Walker (1812–1880) was an American politician from Huntsville, Alabama.
He was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1835. He began practicing medicine in Mobile, Alabama. He served in the campaign against the Creek Indians. He studied law and was admitted to the bar.[when?] He practiced law in Mobile. He served as State's Attorney for the 6th judicial district.
He was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1839, 1847, and 1853, elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (4 March 1855 – 3 March 1857). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856.
He died in Mobile on 31 December 1880, and was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
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- 1812 births
- 1880 deaths
- Politicians from Huntsville, Alabama
- Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Walker family
- Lawyers from Huntsville, Alabama
- 19th-century American lawyers
- 19th-century United States representatives
- Burials at Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile, Alabama)