John Randall Walker was a U.S.

United States

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 political figure from the state of Georgia

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. Walker was born near Blackshear, Georgia

Blackshear, Georgia

Blackshear is a city in Pierce County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,283 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Pierce County.Blackshear is part of the Waycross Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 in 1874 and was graduated from the Jasper Normal College in Jasper, Florida

Jasper, Florida

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. He then studied law at the University of Georgia School of Law

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 and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Laws

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 (LL.B.) degree in 1898.

In 1912, Walker was elected to the 63rd United States Congress

63rd United States Congress

- House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:...

 as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives

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 and served two additional terms in that seat until losing his bid for reelection in 1918. He died in Blackshear on July 21, 1942, and was buried in a family cemetery in Pierce County, Georgia

Pierce County, Georgia

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