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American politician (1799–1875)

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Amasa Walker Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district In office December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863 Preceded by Goldsmith Bailey Succeeded by William B. Washburn 11th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth In office 1851–1853 Preceded by William B. Calhoun Succeeded by Ephraim M. Wright Massachusetts State Senate In office January 1850 – January 1851 Massachusetts House of Representatives In office January 1850 – January 1850 In office January 1860 – January 1861 Personal details Born May 4, 1799 Woodstock, Connecticut Died October 29, 1875(1875-10-29) (aged 76) North Brookfield, Massachusetts Party Anti-Masonic Democratic (before 1844) Liberty Party (1844–48) Free Soil Party (1848–56) Republican (after 1856) Signature

**Amasa Walker** (May 4, 1799 – October 29, 1875) was an American economist and [United States Representative](/source/United_States_Representative). He was the father of [Francis Amasa Walker](/source/Francis_Amasa_Walker).

## Biography

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He moved with his parents to [North Brookfield, Massachusetts](/source/North_Brookfield%2C_Massachusetts), and attended the district school. In 1814 he entered commercial life, and in 1820 formed a partnership with Allen Newell in North Brookfield, but three years later withdrew to become the agent of the Methuen Manufacturing Company. In 1825 he formed the firm of Carleton and Walker, of Boston, with Charles G. Carleton, but in 1827 he went into business independently.

He was the unsuccessful [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) nominee for [mayor of Boston](/source/Mayor_of_Boston) in the [1837 Boston mayoral election](/source/1837_Boston_mayoral_election).[1][2]

He was a delegate to the 1836 [Democratic National Convention](/source/Democratic_National_Convention). In 1839, he became president of the Boston Temperance Society, the first total abstinence association in that city, and in 1839 he advocated a continuous railway between Boston and the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River). In 1840 he retired from commercial life and went into academia.[3]

In 1842–1848, he lectured on [political economy](/source/Political_economy) at [Oberlin College](/source/Oberlin_College).[4] In 1853–1860, he was an examiner on political economy at [Harvard](/source/Harvard_University), and in 1859–1869 lecturer on political economy at [Amherst College](/source/Amherst_College). The degree of [LL.D.](/source/LL.D.) was conferred on him by Amherst in 1867.

He was a frequent contributor to periodical literature, especially on financial subjects. His principal work, *Science of Wealth, a Manual of Political Economy*, was published in 1866. Other works were *Nature and Uses of Money and Mixed Currency* (Boston, 1857) and, with William B. Calhoun and Charles L. Flint, *Transactions of the Agricultural Societies of Massachusetts* (7 vols., 1848–1854). In 1857, he began the publication of a series of articles on political economy in *Hunt's Merchant's Magazine*.

He was active in the anti-slavery movement, and in 1848 he was one of the founders of the [Free Soil Party](/source/Free_Soil_Party). Walker served in the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives) in 1849 and 1860, in the [Massachusetts State Senate](/source/Massachusetts_State_Senate) in 1850, as [Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth](/source/Massachusetts_Secretary_of_the_Commonwealth) 1851–1853, and in the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) 1862–1863, where he was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [Goldsmith Bailey](/source/Goldsmith_Bailey).

In 1853, he was chosen as a member of the convention for revising the state constitution, becoming the chairman of the committee on suffrage. In 1860, he was chosen as a member of the [electoral college](/source/United_States_electoral_college) of Massachusetts and cast his ballot for [Abraham Lincoln](/source/Abraham_Lincoln).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Walker was a delegate to the first [International Peace Congress](/source/International_Peace_Congress) in London of 1843, and he served at the Paris Congress in 1849.[4]

## Books

- *The Science of Wealth: A Manual of Political Economy. Embracing the Laws of Trade, Currency, and Finance*, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co. (1866).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Boston City Elections"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/589882846). Fall River Monitor. Boston Patriot. December 16, 1837. Retrieved April 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers*](https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=n_BMAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA50). City of Boston Printing Department. 1909. p. 50. Retrieved April 7, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Walker, Amasa | Encyclopedia.com"](https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/walker-amasa). *www.encyclopedia.com*. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-EB1911_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-EB1911_4-1) [Chisholm, Hugh](/source/Hugh_Chisholm), ed. (1911). ["Walker, Francis Amasa s.v."](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Walker,_Francis_Amasa). *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 270.

- United States Congress. ["Amasa Walker (id: W000045)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000045). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- [Gilman, D. C.](/source/Daniel_Coit_Gilman); Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). ["Walker, Amasa"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_International_Encyclop%C3%A6dia/Walker,_Amasa). *[New International Encyclopedia](/source/New_International_Encyclopedia)* (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Wilson, J. G.](/source/James_Grant_Wilson); [Fiske, J.](/source/John_Fiske_(philosopher)), eds. (1900). ["Walker, Amasa"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography/Walker,_Amasa). *[Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography](/source/Appletons'_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography)*. New York: D. Appleton.

## External links

- ["Walker, Amasa"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_American_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_(1879)/Walker,_Amasa). *[The American Cyclopædia](/source/The_American_Cyclop%C3%A6dia)*. 1879.

Political offices Preceded by William B. Calhoun 11th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth 1851–1853 Succeeded by Ephraim M. Wright U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Goldsmith Bailey Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district 1862–1863 Succeeded by William B. Washburn

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