Walker Brooke (December 25, 1813 – February 18, 1869) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from

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to the

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from 1861 to 1862. He was also a

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from 1852 to 1853, representing the state of Mississippi.

Biography

Born on December 25, 1813, in

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, Walker Brooke was the son of Humphrey Brooke and Sarah Walker Page. He attended the public schools in

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and

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In his early days he worked as a schoolteacher. He graduated from the

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in 1835, studied law, was admitted to the

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in 1838 and commenced practice in

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. He was a member of the

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in 1848 and was a member of the

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in 1850 and 1852. Brooke was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry S. Foote and served from February 18, 1852, to March 3, 1853; he was not a candidate for reelection and resumed the practice of law. In 1857 he moved to Vicksburg and continued the practice of law; he was a delegate to the

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in 1861. He was elected a member of the

from Mississippi in 1861 and served one year; he was then appointed a member of the permanent

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of the

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. He died from choking on a very large oyster in an attempt to win a "friendly wager."

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brooke, Walter 1813 births 1869 deaths Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Mississippi Democrats Mississippi lawyers Mississippi state senators Mississippi Whigs People from Clarke County, Virginia People from Lexington, Mississippi People of Mississippi in the American Civil War Signers of the Confederate States Constitution Signers of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States United States senators from Mississippi University of Virginia alumni Whig Party United States senators 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century United States senators 19th-century members of the Mississippi Legislature Deaths from choking

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