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