Walker Lucas Clapp (April 15, 1851 – September 29, 1901) was an American politician in the state of Tennessee.

Early life

Walker Lucas Clapp was born in 1851. His father, Judge

Jeremiah W. Clapp Judge Jeremiah Watkins Clapp (September 24, 1814 – September 5, 1898) was a slave-owning American lawyer, planter and politician. He owned cotton plantations in Mississippi and Arkansas, and he served as a judge in the Mississippi legislature f ...

, was elected to the Congress of the Confederate States. He grew up at Oakleigh in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Clapp graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1871. While there, he was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (aka

St. Anthony Hall St. Anthony Hall or the Fraternity of Delta Psi is an American fraternity and literary society. Its first chapter was founded at Columbia University on , the Calendar of saints, feast day of Anthony the Great, Saint Anthony the Great. The frater ...

). He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1874.

Career

Clapp practiced the Law with his father, a prominent attorney. During the American Civil War, Clapp served in the Confederate government, as director of the Produce Loan, appointed by

Jefferson Davis Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a ...

. In 1887, Clapp was selected as speaker of the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

. He served in that capacity until 1891. He served as Mayor of Memphis from 1895 to 1898, when he lost by just over 500 votes to Joseph J. Williams.

Personal life and death

He married Lamira Parker in 1874 and had four children. Clapp died on September 29, 1901, in Baltimore, Maryland.

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* 1851 births 1901 deaths Politicians from Memphis, Tennessee Mayors of Memphis, Tennessee University of Mississippi alumni Speakers of the Tennessee House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives People of Tennessee in the American Civil War 19th-century American legislators St. Anthony Hall 19th-century Tennessee politicians {{Tennessee-politician-stub