Clifford Walker
64th Governor of Georgia
In office June 30, 1923 – June 25, 1927
Preceded by	Thomas W. Hardwick
Succeeded by	Lamartine Griffin Hardman
Attorney General of Georgia
In office 1915–1920
Governor	Nathaniel Edwin Harris Hugh Dorsey
Preceded by	Warren Grice
Succeeded by	R. A. Denny
Personal details
Born	Clifford Mitchell Walker (1877-07-04)July 4, 1877 Monroe, Georgia, US
Died	November 9, 1954(1954-11-09) (aged 77) Monroe, Georgia, US
Resting place	Old Baptist Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Rosa Mathewson
Alma mater	University of Georgia

Clifford Mitchell Walker (July 4, 1877 – November 9, 1954) was anAmerican attorney and politician from theU.S. state ofGeorgia.

A graduate of theUniversity of Georgia in 1897, he was a member of theSigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.^[1]

Walker served consecutive two-year terms as the64th Governor of Georgia as a Democrat from 1923 to 1927, after winning with the support of theKu Klux Klan.^[2] Walker made few legislative advances during his term as governor, and is largely remembered for his membership in the KKK and his inclusion of KKK leadership in policy matters throughout his term.^[3] His additional political service included the office of Mayor ofMonroe, Georgia.

Before his gubernatorial terms, Walker served as the state attorney general from 1915 to 1920. He was also a co-founder of theWoodrow Wilson College of Law inAtlanta, Georgia. Walker made the first appointment of apoet laureate of theU.S. state of Georgia, that beingFrank 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.

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