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For the English cricketer (born 1919), see Clifford Walker (cricketer).
Clifford Walker Clifford Walker 64th Governor of Georgia In office
1923–1927Preceded by Thomas W. Hardwick Succeeded by Lamartine Griffin Hardman Personal details Born July 4, 1877
Monroe, GeorgiaDied November 9, 1954 (aged 77)
Monroe, GeorgiaResting 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. HardwickGovernor of Georgia
1923–1927Succeeded by
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