John Walker (Virginia politician)

John Walker ( * February 13, 1744 in Cobham, Albemarle County, Virginia; † December 2, 1809 in Madison Mills, Virginia ) was an American politician who represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. Senate.

John Walker was the older brother of Congressman Francis Walker ( 1764-1806 ). He was on " Castle Hill ", the property of his family, was born. He first received private lessons and made his degree in 1764 at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. One of his classmates was the future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, with whom he remained a close friend for many years.

Politically, he was active for the first time in 1774, when he in the House of Burgesses, the colonial parliament Virginia, succeeded to the successor of his father Thomas Walker. After the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he joined the Continental Army and served there from 1777 with the rank of colonel as an aide of General George Washington. 1780 Walker was elected to the Continental Congress; after which he studied law and worked as a lawyer.

After the death of William Grayson of sympathizing with the Federalists John Walker was appointed as his successor in the U.S. Senate, which still met at this time in Philadelphia. He took his seat on March 31, 1790 to November 9 of the same year true, replaced him as the chosen of Virginia General Assembly Senator James Monroe. After that, he worked again as a planter on his plantation " Belvoir " in Albemarle County.

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