Walker, James Peter, 1851-1890

LC control no.	no 96005291
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Walker, James Peter, 1851-1890 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Walker, Mr. (James Peter), 1851-1890
Birth date	1851-03-14
Death date	1890-07-19
Place of birth	Memphis (Tenn.)
Place of death	Dexter (Mo.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.)
Found in	Bridge over the Arkansas River in the Indian Territory, 1890?: p. 1 (Mr. Walker, of Missouri, from the Committee on Commerce; House) Members of Congress since 1789, 1977 (Walker, James Peter, D. Mo., Mar. 14, 1851-July 19, 1890; House 1887-July 19, 1890) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewe April 12, 2023 (Walker, James Peter, a Representative from Missouri; born near Memphis, Lauderdale County, Tenn., March 14, 1851; attended the public schools and the boys' college at Durhamville, Tenn.; employed in early youth as a clerk in a country store; moved to Missouri in 1867 and settled near Kennett, Dunkin County; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Point Pleasant, New Madrid County, in 1871 and engaged in transportation on the Mississippi River; engaged in the dry-goods business at Dexter, Mo., in 1876, and later, in 1882, in the buying and selling of grain; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1884; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death; had been unanimously nominated as the Democratic candidate for reelection to the Fifty-second Congress on the day of his death; died July 19, 1890, in Dexter, Stoddard County, Mo.; interment in Dexter Cemetery)
Associated language	eng