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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Walker, William Adams
Walker, William Adams, a Representative from New York; born in New Hampshire June 5, 1805; attended the common schools and Northampton Law School; was admitted to the bar but never engaged in the practice of law; moved to New York City in 1832; appointed principal of a public school in New York City; county superintendent of common schools 1843-1847; member of the board of aldermen in 1846; defeated for reelection in 1847; served as commissioner of jurors until electedto Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854; defeated for election to the board of aldermen in 1857; died in Irvington, West Chester County, December 18, 1861; interment in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, N.Y.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Walker, William Adams," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1967 1968. Original Sources, accessed December 10, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8PJC42L8SY1Q2Y5.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Walker, William Adams." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1967, page 1968. Original Sources. 10 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8PJC42L8SY1Q2Y5.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Walker, William Adams' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1967, pp.1968. Original Sources, retrieved 10 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8PJC42L8SY1Q2Y5.
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