Clifford Walker

For the English cricketer (born 1919), see Clifford Walker (cricketer).

Clifford Walker
Clifford Walker
64th Governor of Georgia
In office 1923–1927
Preceded by	Thomas W. Hardwick
Succeeded by	Lamartine Griffin Hardman
Personal details
Born	July 4, 1877(1877-07-04) Monroe, Georgia
Died	November 9, 1954(1954-11-09) (aged 77) Monroe, Georgia
Resting place	Old Baptist Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Rosa Mathewson
Religion	Baptist

Clifford Mitchell Walker (July 4, 1877 – November 9, 1954) was an American attorney and politician from the Southern state of Georgia.

Walker served consecutive two-year terms as the 64th Governor of Georgia from 1923 to 1927. His additional political service included the office of Mayor of Monroe, Georgia.

Before his gubernatorial terms, Walker served as the state attorney general from 1915 to 1920. He also was a co-founder of the Woodrow Wilson College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Walker made the first appointment of a poet laureate of the U.S. state of Georgia, that being Frank Lebby Stanton in 1925.

He was born in Monroe in 1877. Walker died at his home in Monroe in 1954 and was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery in that same city.

References

• Georgia State Archives Roster of State Governors
• Georgia Governor's Gravesites Field Guide (1776–2003)
• Clifford Mitchell Walker at Find a Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas W. Hardwick	Governor of Georgia 1923–1927	Succeeded by Lamartine Griffin Hardman

Persondata
Name	Walker, Clifford
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	July 4, 1877
Place of birth	Monroe, Georgia
Date of death	November 9, 1954
Place of death	Monroe, Georgia

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