John Randall Walker (February 23, 1874 – July 21, 1942) was a

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political figure from the state of Georgia. Walker was born near Blackshear, Georgia in 1874 and graduated from the Jasper Normal College in

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. He then studied law at the University of Georgia School of Law and graduated with a

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( LL.B.) degree in 1898. In 1912, Walker was elected to the

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as a Democratic member of the

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and served two additional terms in that seat until losing his bid for renomination in 1918. He died in Blackshear on July 21, 1942, and was buried in a family cemetery in Pierce County, Georgia.

References

''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, pp.1748
1874 births 1942 deaths People from Pierce County, Georgia Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers University of Georgia alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub