George Walker (1763 – August 19, 1819) was a

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from Kentucky. Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, Walker attended the common schools and served in the American Revolutionary War. He moved to

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in 1794 and studied law. He was admitted to the

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and commenced practice in

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in 1799. He served as a commissioner of the

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in 1801. Walker was a member of the

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from 1810 to 1814. He was then appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

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, and served from August 30, 1814 to February 2, 1815 when a successor was elected. He died in Nicholasville in 1819, and was interred on his estate near there. George Walker was the brother of David Walker and John Walker and the great uncle of

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. He was also the uncle of two governors of Florida, Richard Keith Call and David Shelby Walker. Another nephew John George Walker served as a general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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