| LC control no. | nr 98018635 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Walker, I. P. (Isaac Pigeon), 1815-1872 |
| Variant(s) | Walker, Isaac Pigeon, 1815-1872 Walker, James P., 1815-1872 Walker, Mr. (Isaac Pigeon), 1815-1872 |
| Birth date | 1815-11-02 |
| Death date | 1872-03-29 |
| Place of birth | Wheeling (W. Va.) |
| Place of death | Milwaukee (Wis.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | Wisconsin. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives. Select Committee on the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. Report, 1858: p. 14 (I.P. Walker) NUC pre-1956 (Walker, Isaac Pigeon, 1813-1872) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Walker, Isaac Pigeon; lawyer Springfield, Ill.; removed to Wis. 1841; served in territorial legislature; elected to U.S. Senate; b. Wheeling, W.Va. Nov. 2, 1815; d. Milwaukee March 29, 1872) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Walker, I. P. (Isaac Pigeon), 1815-1872; usage: I.P. Walker; Mr. Walker; variant: James P. Walker) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 29, 2021 (Walker, Isaac Pigeon, a Senator from Wisconsin; born near Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), November 2, 1815; moved to Danville, Ill., in early youth; attended the common schools; was employed as a clerk in a store; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Springfield; served one term in the State house of representatives; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1840; moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1841, settled in Milwaukee, and continued the practice of law; member, Territorial legislature 1847-1848; upon the admission of Wisconsin as a State into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate; reelected in 1849 and served from June 8, 1848, to March 3, 1855; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Thirtieth Congress), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirty-first through Thirty-third Congresses); engaged in agricultural pursuits in Waukesha County; returned to Milwaukee and resumed the practice of law; died there March 29, 1872; interment in Forest Home Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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