Felix Walker (other)
Felix Walker is the name of: * Felix Walker (American politician) (1753–1828), Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina *Felix Walker (Swiss politician) Felix Walker (born 5 March 1935) is a Swiss economist and politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC). In 1999, Walker was elected to the Swiss National Council in the Canton of St. Gallen The canton of St. Gallen, also ca ...

Felix Walker (American Politician)
Felix Walker (July 19, 1753 – 1828) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1817 and 1823. Walker was born near the Potomac River in what was then Hampshire County, Virginia, now part of West Virginia. His family moved to near Columbia, South Carolina, and then to Lincoln County, North Carolina, and finally to present-day Rutherford County, North Carolina. In 1769, he was hired as a merchant's clerk in Charleston, South Carolina. He worked as a farmer briefly and later joined Daniel Boone's company, which established the settlement of Boonesborough, Kentucky, in 1775. He was named clerk of the court of Washington district of North Carolina in 1775 and held that post until 1778 (Washington district lay mostly within the boundaries of contemporary Tennessee and was organized as a county in 1777. Walker fought in the American Revolutionary War, then returned to Rutherford County, North Carolina, where he was clerk of the county court there from 177 ...
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