E. S. Johnny Walker

E. S. Johnny Walker

E. S. Johnny Walker (June 18, 1911October 8, 2000) was a Democratic Politician from the U.S. State of New Mexico and a Veteran of the Second World War.

Early life

Walker was born in Fulton, Kentucky, and attended public schools there until his family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1926. He graduated from Albuquerque High School, and attended the University of New Mexico and then the George Washington University (then known as the National University).

In 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army and served during the Second World War in the North African and European Theaters of operation until the end of the war. He was discharged in 1945.

Political career

Walker was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 1948 from Silver City in Grant County. Walker was made Majority Whip. He served two terms, until 1952. His most notable accomplishment in the State Legislature was sponsoring legislation to allow women to serve on juries.

In 1952, he was elected as New Mexico's commissioner of public lands, served two terms in that office, and then was made commissioner of the bureau of revenue for New Mexico. In 1960 he was elected Commissioner of Public Lands again and again served for two terms.

In 1964, he was elected to the House of Representatives by the state's voters at large to the seat previously held by Joseph Montoya, who successfully ran for the Senate that year. He served two terms in Congress, during which he was a member on the Armed Services Committee. He sponsored legislation that created Pecos National Monument.

In 1968, New Mexico drew congressional districts for the first time, and its two representatives were no longer elected at large. Walker's new district consisted of southern New Mexico, an area in which he had lost support because of his positions in favor of gun control and the closure of Walker Air Force Base near Roswell. Ed Foreman, a former congressman from Texas, ran the most expensive campaign seen in New Mexico history to that point, and defeated Walker in November 1968 by a mere half point margin.

Walker would remain minimally involved in state politics for the rest of his life, but never run for elected office again.

Walker died of leukemia in Albuquerque at the age of 89. He was cremated. Senator Jeff Bingaman honored his memory on the Senate floor. [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?i106:I12223:i106WAGE.html 1]

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