Samuel Snow Walker (June 11, 1841 – December 9, 1909) was an American businessman and politician. He was a one-term member of the

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and a regent of the

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for eight years.

Life

Walker was born June 11, 1841, in Fredonia, New York, to Alva Walker and Olivia Snow. His father was elected to the

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in 1853 and served for two years before moving with his family to Detroit in 1855. Samuel Walker attended the Fredonia Academy (now

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) until the family moved to Detroit, and attended the

from 1857 to 1861, graduating with a bachelor of science degree. He married Mary M. Chapin of

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, on January 14, 1864. Walker engaged in various business concerns, and organized the Michigan Mortgage Company in 1888. He served as a Republican representative from

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in the

from 1875 to 1877, and served on the

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from 1876 until 1884. Walker died at his home in

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, on December 9, 1909.

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* * Members of the Michigan House of Representatives Regents of the University of Michigan 1841 births 1909 deaths University of Michigan alumni 19th-century members of the Michigan Legislature {{Michigan-MIRepresentative-stub