Abram Joseph Walker

A. J. Walker (November 24, 1819 – April 25, 1872)[1] was an American judge from Alabama was elected to the Alabama Supreme Court in 1855.[2]

A graduate of Nashville University,[2] Walker moved to Alabama in 1841 as a professor and taught mathematics, Latin and Greek.[2]

In 1856, Walker requested Congressman Sampson Willis Harris secure an appointment for John Pelham to the United States Military Academy.[3]

After the American Civil War, the Alabama legislature convened and elected Walker as chief justice of the state supreme court, along with associate justices Thomas J. Judge and William M. Byrd, effective January 1, 1866.[4]

References

  1. ^ The South in the Building of the Nation: Biography K-Z. Pelican Publishing. ISBN 9781589809475. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Garrett, William. "Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for Thirty Years", 1872.
  3. ^ Brewer, Wilson. Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872, 1872
  4. ^ "Alabama Appellate Courts: History of Supreme Court". Judiciary of Alabama. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
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