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Joseph Marshall Walker
Joseph Marshall Walker (July 1, 1784 – January 20, 1856) was a politician and cotton planter who was the 13th Governor of Louisiana, serving from 1850 to 1853. He oversaw the passage of the 1845 Louisiana Constitution and was first Governor inaugurated in the new state capital building in Baton Rouge.
Joseph Marshall Walker was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans on July 1, 1786, when Louisiana was a Spanish colony. He was the son of English immigrant Peter Walker and Charlotte Constance Revoil, a second-generation Louisiana creole woman.
He received a limited, private education in his youth and in 1807 travelled to Mexico where he joined the Spanish army. He was commissioned a lieutenant of the dragoons, and for a time headed the military school at Chihuahua. He continued his military career after returning to New Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase. He volunteered in the Louisiana Militia and served under the command of General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and given command of the First Brigade of the state militia
He married Catherine Carter, originally from Adams County, Mississippi, with whom he had twelve children. Walker purchased land in Rapides Parish which he later developed into a cotton plantation.
Walker entered into politics in 1820 when he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He was reelected several times and served as a state congressman until 1836. He also served a term in the state senate starting in 1824.
He was elected as President of the 1845 State Constitutional Convention. The proposed changes of the new constitution abolished property qualification for voting and/or holding public office and directed the legislature to create a public school system. Objections included the limited right of the legislature to borrow money, a prohibition against public loans, chartering new banks, and restrictions on licensing of corporations. Walker and most other Democrats supported the new constitution and saw it pass.
Walker was selected as the Democratic Nominee in the 1849 Gubernatorial Election. He defeated Whig opponents Alexander De Clouet and Duncan F. Kenner. On 28 January 1850, he became the first governor inaugurated in the new state capital at Baton Rouge.
As governor he worked to continue the work of his predecessors of upholding the 1845 constitution, especially establishing a public school system. He promoted state infrastructure projects including advancements to water transportation, improvements to the levees, railroad construction, and authorized a drainage program. He supported the election of public officials, especially judges, by popular vote rather than political appointment.
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Joseph Marshall Walker
Joseph Marshall Walker (July 1, 1784 – January 20, 1856) was a politician and cotton planter who was the 13th Governor of Louisiana, serving from 1850 to 1853. He oversaw the passage of the 1845 Louisiana Constitution and was first Governor inaugurated in the new state capital building in Baton Rouge.
Joseph Marshall Walker was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans on July 1, 1786, when Louisiana was a Spanish colony. He was the son of English immigrant Peter Walker and Charlotte Constance Revoil, a second-generation Louisiana creole woman.
He received a limited, private education in his youth and in 1807 travelled to Mexico where he joined the Spanish army. He was commissioned a lieutenant of the dragoons, and for a time headed the military school at Chihuahua. He continued his military career after returning to New Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase. He volunteered in the Louisiana Militia and served under the command of General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and given command of the First Brigade of the state militia
He married Catherine Carter, originally from Adams County, Mississippi, with whom he had twelve children. Walker purchased land in Rapides Parish which he later developed into a cotton plantation.
Walker entered into politics in 1820 when he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives. He was reelected several times and served as a state congressman until 1836. He also served a term in the state senate starting in 1824.
He was elected as President of the 1845 State Constitutional Convention. The proposed changes of the new constitution abolished property qualification for voting and/or holding public office and directed the legislature to create a public school system. Objections included the limited right of the legislature to borrow money, a prohibition against public loans, chartering new banks, and restrictions on licensing of corporations. Walker and most other Democrats supported the new constitution and saw it pass.
Walker was selected as the Democratic Nominee in the 1849 Gubernatorial Election. He defeated Whig opponents Alexander De Clouet and Duncan F. Kenner. On 28 January 1850, he became the first governor inaugurated in the new state capital at Baton Rouge.
As governor he worked to continue the work of his predecessors of upholding the 1845 constitution, especially establishing a public school system. He promoted state infrastructure projects including advancements to water transportation, improvements to the levees, railroad construction, and authorized a drainage program. He supported the election of public officials, especially judges, by popular vote rather than political appointment.
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