Robert J. Walker

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American politician (1801-1869)

United States PoliticiansLived 1801 to 1869 · aged 68

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Robert James Walker was an American lawyer, economist and politician. S. Senate from Mississippi from 1835 until 1845, as Secretary of the Treasury from 1845 to 1849 during the administration of President James K. Polk, and briefly as Territorial Governor of Kansas in 1857.

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Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Walker as Secretary of the Treasury

Walker depicted on the 5th issue 25-cent Fractional currency note

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Robert James Walker was an American lawyer, economist and politician. An active member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the U.S. Senate from Mississippi from 1835 until 1845, as Secretary of the Treasury from 1845 to 1849 during the administration of President James K. Polk, and briefly as Territorial Governor of Kansas in 1857. He was responsible for drafting the 1849 bill that eventually established the United States Department of the Interior.

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