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Walker, Joseph Marshall, 1786-1856

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Personal name headingWalker, Joseph Marshall, 1786-1856
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Variant(s)Walker, Joseph, 1786-1856
See alsoLouisiana. Governor (1850-1853 : Walker)
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LocatedRapides Parish (La.)
Birth date1786-07
Death date1856-01-20
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
AffiliationDemocratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationGovernors
Found inDavid Weeks and family papers, 1782-1957 (Joseph Walker; governor of Louisiana)
OCLC, July 2, 2009 (hdgs: Walker, Joseph Marshall, 1780-1856, Walker, Joseph Marshall, 1786-1856, Walker, Joseph, Gen.)
Governors of Louisiana, 1985: p. 59-61 (Joseph Marshall Walker; served as Louisiana governor from 1850 until his resignation in 1853; b. July 1786; d. Jan. 20, 1856)
Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 19, 2017 (Joseph Marshall Walker; b. July 1, 1784, New Orleans; d. there Jan. 20, 1856; governor of Louisiana, Jan. 28, 1850-Jan. 18, 1853; political party: Democratic)
Dictionary of Louisiana biography WWW site, viewed Sept. 19, 2017 (Walker, Joseph M.; b. July 1786, New Orleans; sworn into office as governor, Jan. 20, 1850; resigned his office when the 1852 constitution came into operation; retired to his plantation in Rapides Parish; d. Jan. 20, 1856)
National Governors Association WWW site, viewed Sept. 19, 2017 (Joseph Marshall Walker; b. July 1, 1784, New Orleans; governor of Louisiana, Jan. 28, 1850-Jan. 18, 1853; returned to his Rapides Parish plantation after leaving office; d. Jan. 26, 1856)