Dawson A. Walker
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Dawson Armstrong Walker (c. 1820 – February 5, 1881)[1][2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1866 to 1868.
Walker was "a prominent Republican".[1] In 1866, he was elected by the state senate to a seat on the state supreme court, defeating incumbent Justice Richard F. Lyon.[3] In 1872, he was the Republican nominee for Governor of Georgia, but was defeated by James Milton Smith.[2] An 1874 testimonial written in favor of Walker by Jonathan W. H. Underwood identified Walker as being 54, formerly a judge of the superior and supreme courts; the author attested, "I have known D. A. Walker thirty years as an upright, able, and painstaking lawyer".[4] He was noted as being "regarded as one of the best lawyers in Georgia... often consulted by the bar upon vexed and intricate questions".[2]
Walker died at his home in Atlanta.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Dawson A. Walker Dead", The Macon Telegraph (February 5, 1881), p. 1.
- ^ a b c "Georgia Affairs", Savannah Morning News (February 7, 1881), p. 1.
- ^ "Milledgeville Correspondence", The Georgia Weekly Telegraph (January 29, 1866), p. 5.
- ^ James Boyd Martindale, Martindale's United States Law Directory for 1875-6 (1875), p. 118.
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