Freeman Walker

{{Short description|American politician (1780–1827)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Freeman Walker | image = Freeman Walker.jpg | jr/sr1 = United States Senator | state1 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | term_start1 = November 6, 1819 | term_end1 = August 6, 1821 | predecessor1 = [[John Forsyth (Georgia)|John Forsyth]] | successor1 = [[Nicholas Ware]] | office2 = Member of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1807–1811 | birth_date = {{birth date|1780|10|25}} | birth_place = [[Charles City, Virginia|Charles City]], [[Virginia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1827|9|23|1780|10|25}} | death_place = [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] }}

'''Freeman Walker''' (October 25, 1780{{spaced ndash}}September 23, 1827) was a [[United States senator]] from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Born in [[Charles City, Virginia]], he attended the common schools; in 1797, he moved to [[Augusta, Georgia]].

Walker [[Reading law|studied law]], and was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1803, commencing [[Practice of law|practice]] in Augusta. He was a member of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] from 1807 to 1811, and was [[mayor]] of Augusta in 1818 and 1819. He was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the [[U.S. Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[John Forsyth (politician)|John Forsyth]], serving from November 6, 1819, to August 6, 1821, when he resigned. He was again mayor of Augusta in 1823. Walker died in Augusta in 1827; interment was in the Walker family cemetery.<ref>{{CongBio|W000052}}</ref>

Freeman Walker's son was Confederate major general [[William H.T. Walker]], who served in the [[American Civil War]].

==Popular culture== ''Freeman Walker'' is a 2008 novel by [[David Allan Cates]], and is also the name of the title character. There is no connection between this fictional character and the historical Walker, though the story is set in the South in the 19th century, and the use of the same name may have been a coincidence.

==Legacy== [[Walker County, Georgia]], was named for Senator Walker.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IP4vAAAAIBAJ&pg=4151%2C598534 | title=Walker County| work=Calhoun Times | date=1 September 2004 | access-date=26 April 2015 | pages=106}}</ref>

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==External links==

* {{Find a Grave|7829582|Freeman Walker}}

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