Lewis Leavell Walker (February 15, 1873 – June 30, 1944) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

from

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. Born in

Lancaster, Kentucky Lancaster is a home rule-class city in Garrard County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. As of the year 2020 U.S. census, the city population was 3,901. Located south of Lexington, Lancaster is the site of the Ke ...

, Walker attended Lancaster Academy, Garrard College in

, and Central University,

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. He studied law. He was

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in 1894 and commenced practice in

. He also engaged in banking. He served as prosecuting attorney of Garrard County in 1901. Walker served as city attorney of Lancaster 1907–1910. He served as trustee of the

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, at

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from 1908 to 1915. He served as judge of the 13th judicial district of Kentucky in 1910 and 1911. Walker was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1930. Walker was preceded and succeeded in his congressional seat by the same person, Democrat

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. Walker continued the practice of law in

, until his death there on June 30, 1944. He was interred in Lancaster Cemetery.

References

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