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James Peter Walker
Illustration 1891'sMemorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James P. Walker
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's14th district
In office March 4, 1887 – July 19, 1890
Preceded by	William Dawson
Succeeded by	Robert Henry Whitelaw
Personal details
Born	(1851-03-14)March 14, 1851 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	July 19, 1890(1890-07-19) (aged 39) Dexter, Missouri, U.S.
Cause of death	1889–1890 flu pandemic
Party	Democratic

James Peter Walker (March 14, 1851 – July 19, 1890) was aU.S. representative fromMissouri.

Born nearMemphis, Tennessee, Walker attended the public schools and the boys' college atDurhamville, Tennessee.

He was employed in early youth as a clerk in a country store.He moved to Missouri in 1867 and settled nearKennett,Dunklin County.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He moved toPoint Pleasant,New Madrid County in 1871 and engaged in transportation on theMississippi River.He engaged in the dry-goods business atDexter, Missouri, in 1876, and later, in 1882, in the buying and selling of grain.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880.He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1884.

Walker was elected as aDemocrat to the fiftieth and fifty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death.He was unanimously nominated as the Democratic candidate for reelection to the fifty-second Congress on the day of his death.

He died July 19, 1890, inDexter, Missouri from an influenza epidemic that had hit the area. He was interred in Dexter Cemetery.

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• United States Congress."James P. Walker (id: W000058)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• James P. Walker atFind a Grave
• Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James P. Walker. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. 1891 – viaInternet Archive.

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• Deaths from the 1889–1890 flu pandemic
• Infectious disease deaths in Missouri
• Democratic Party United States representatives from Missouri
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• People from New Madrid County, Missouri
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• 19th-century United States representatives

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