# Richard Wilde Walker

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Richard Wilde Walker Confederate States Senator from Alabama In office February 17, 1864 – March 18, 1865 Preceded by Clement Clay Succeeded by Constituency abolished Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862 Preceded by New constituency Succeeded by Constituency abolished Personal details Born (1823-02-16)February 16, 1823 Huntsville, Alabama Died June 16, 1874(1874-06-16) (aged 51) Huntsville, Alabama Party Democratic

**Richard Wilde Walker** (February 16, 1823 – June 16, 1874) was an American politician and judge in Alabama.

## Biography

Walker was born in [Huntsville, Alabama](/source/Huntsville%2C_Alabama) in 1823. He was the son of [John Williams Walker](/source/John_Williams_Walker), the brother of [Percy Walker](/source/Percy_Walker) and [LeRoy Pope Walker](/source/LeRoy_Pope_Walker), and father of [Richard Wilde Walker, Jr.](/source/Richard_Wilde_Walker%2C_Jr.) Richard Walker, Sr. served in the [Alabama](/source/Alabama) state legislature from 1851 to 1855, and served as Associate Justice of the [Alabama Supreme Court](/source/Alabama_Supreme_Court) in 1859. Walker represented Alabama in the provisional [C.S. Congress](/source/Provisional_Congress_of_the_Confederate_States) from 1861 to 1862. He also served as a [Confederate States Senator](/source/2nd_Confederate_States_Congress) from 1864 to 1865. he died in Huntsville at age 51.

## In popular culture

In the 1992 [Harry Turtledove](/source/Harry_Turtledove) [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction)-[alternative history](/source/Alternative_history) novel *[The Guns of the South](/source/The_Guns_of_the_South)*, "Senator Walker" is mentioned as opposing a bill to re-enslave [freedmen](/source/Freedmen) in a victorious Confederacy, but being blackmailed by the "Rivington" cabal into silencing himself.

## References

"Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872," by Willis Brewer, published 1872, pp. 355–356

## External links

- [Richard Wilde Walker](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6420371) at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)

Offices and distinctions Political offices Preceded by New constituency Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States 1861–1862 Succeeded by Constituency abolished Confederate States Senate Preceded by Clement Clay Confederate States Senator (Class 1) from Alabama 1864–1865 Served alongside: Robert Jemison Succeeded by Constituency abolished

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