Charles Edward Walker (March 11, 1860 in Corning,

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– June 6, 1893 in Corning, Steuben Co., NY) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Congressman Charles C. B. Walker (1824–1888). He attended Corning Free Academy, and during one year

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. Then he engaged in horse and cattle breeding on a farm in

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; and in the

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business. In November 1891, he lost the senatorial election to his Republican opponent Franklin D. Sherwood, but Sherwood was declared ineligible for being Park Commissioner of Hornellsville, and Walker was seated by a vote of the Democratic majority of the State Senate. He was a member of the

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(27th D.) in

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and

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. He died about six weeks after the end of the session, on June 6, 1893, at his home in Corning, from a "spinal affection".

Sources

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 404)
''New York State Legislative Souvenir for 1893 with Portraits of the Members of Both Houses''
by Henry P. Phelps (pg. 19f)
''State Senator Walker Seriously Ill''
in NYT on June 7, 1893
''Pioneer Days and Later Times in Corning and Vicinity 1789 – 1920''
bu Uri Mulford (pg. 326) {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Charles E 1860 births 1893 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Corning, New York People from Palmyra, New York 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature