Norman Ray "Doc" Walker (July 28, 1889 – April 5, 1949) was a Canadian-born American pharmacist and politician, best known as the longest-serving member of
Alaska's
territorial
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legislature. Born in
Regina, Saskatchewan, Walker emigrated to the United States as a youth, later serving in the
United States Army and attending
Washington State University. He was a pharmacist in
Seattle, Washington and then moved to
Ketchikan, Alaska and owned the
Walker-Broderick House. Walker served as mayor of Ketchikan from 1930 to 1932 and then served in the Alaska Territorial Senate from 1933 until 1947. He lost reelection to his Senate seat in 1948 after feuding with territorial governor
Ernest Gruening
Ernest Henry Gruening ( ; February 6, 1887 – June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Gruening was the governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from A ...
over Gruening's efforts to overhaul the territory's tax structure. Walker was also head of the Alaska Territorial Pharmacy Board.
Alaska Territorial and State Legislature Roster
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References
External links
Doc Walker
at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature''
1889 births
1949 deaths
American military personnel of World War I
American pharmacists
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Mayors of places in Alaska
Members of the Alaska Territorial Legislature
People from Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
People from Regina, Saskatchewan
Politicians from Seattle
Presidents of the Alaska Senate
Washington State University alumni
20th-century American politicians
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