A. J. Walker (November 24, 1819 – April 25, 1872) was an American

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from

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was elected to the

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in 1855.Garrett, William. "Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for Thirty Years", 1872. A graduate of

Nashville University University of Nashville was a private university in Nashville, Tennessee. It was established in 1806 as Cumberland College. It existed as a distinct entity until 1909; operating at various times a medical school, a four-year military college, a ...

, Walker moved to Alabama in 1841 as a professor and taught mathematics, Latin and Greek. In 1856, Walker requested

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Sampson Willis Harris Sampson Willis Harris was an American politician and lawyer in the states of Georgia and Alabama. Early years and education Harris was born on February 23, 1809, in Elbert County, Georgia, to Stephen Willis Harris, a judge of the Superior cour ...

secure an appointment for John Pelham to the

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.Brewer, Wilson
Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872
1872

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1819 births 1872 deaths Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama 19th-century American people 19th-century American judges Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama {{Alabama-politician-stub