Harry C. Walker

Harry Clay Walker ( born March 18, 1873 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York, † November 2, 1932 ) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party). He was the son of William J. Walker and Sarah Walker.

Career

Harry Clay Walker studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1894. He also pursued a political career. Walker was 1917-1918 Mayor of Binghamton. In the gubernatorial election of 1918, he was elected as running mate of Alfred E. Smith for Lieutenant Governor of New York, a position which he held 1919-1920. During this time he was in 1919 one of nine members of a trade union committee ( Labor Board ), which was created by Governor Smith to intervene in labor disputes. In some cases, this committee could successfully convey. In the following year he won the Democratic primary in New York for the U.S. Senate against George R. Lunn, the former mayor of Schenectady, but was defeated by the Republican incumbent James W. Wadsworth, Jr.. He was appointed in 1926 in the Central New York State Parks Commission and had in 1928 presided over the Taconic State Park Commission.

He was also dated 16 August 1932 until his death, Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar in the United States.