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Robert J. Walker

1801 - 1869

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Robert James Walker (July 19, 1801 – November 11, 1869) was an American lawyer, economist and politician. An active member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the U.S. Senate from Mississippi from 1835 until 1845, as Secretary of the Treasury from 1845 to 1849 during the administration of President James K. Polk, and briefly as Territorial Governor of Kansas in 1857. He was responsible for drafting the 1849 bill that eventually established the United States Department of the Interior. As senator, Walker vigorously supported the annexation of Texas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert J. Walker is the 15,312th most popular politician (up from 15,725th in 2019), the 8,046th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,496th in 2019) and the 611th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert J. Walker ranks 15,312 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles Haughey, Antonios Pepanos, Joe Crowley, Xiang Jingyu, Laodice of Macedonia, and Peder Kolstad. After him are Natalia Molchanova, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Albert Rösti, Victorino Márquez Bustillos, and José Eugenio Ellauri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Robert J. Walker ranks 78. Before him are Édouard Spach, Carl August von Steinheil, Ludwig Bechstein, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Jules Pierre Rambur, and William Hallowes Miller. After him are Athanasios Vouros, Charles Combes, Zecharias Frankel, George Perkins Marsh, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, and Samuel Gridley Howe. Among people deceased in 1869, Robert J. Walker ranks 57. Before him are Michael Sars, Antonie Brentano, Andreas Kalvos, George Peabody, Diomidis Kyriakos, and Bertalan Szemere. After him are José Hilario López, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Charles Sturt, Peter Mark Roget, John Cassin, and Thomas Hodgskin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert J. Walker ranks 8,048 out of 20,380. Before him are Loni Anderson (1945), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), Roger Maris (1934), Charlie Logg (1931), Karl Struss (1886), and Marshall Allman (1984). After him are James Smith McDonnell (1899), Duane Eddy (1938), Milton S. Hershey (1857), Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), Michael J. Anderson (1953), and Walter Johnson (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert J. Walker ranks 611. Before him are Abel P. Upshur (1790), Larry O'Brien (1917), Janet Reno (1938), Orrin Hatch (1934), Mike Rogers (1958), and Joe Crowley (1962). After him are Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), Gray Davis (1942), Michael C. Burgess (1950), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), George Bancroft (1800), and Richard Olney (1835).

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