OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Robert John Walker
BORN:
July 19, 1801
Northumberland, Pennsylvania
DIED:
November 11, 1869 (age 68)
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
University of Pennsylvania (1819)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1821:
Admitted to the Bar
1822:
Began Practicing Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1826:
Moved to Natchez, Mississippi
1835-1845:
U.S. Senator from Mississippi
1845-1849:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1857:
Territorial Governor of Kansas
1863-1864:
U.S. Financial Agent in Europe
SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of the Treasury
Kansas Historical Society
Wikipedia