Robert walker biography
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Robert Hudson Walker was born on Sunday, October 13, , in Salt Lake City, Utah the night the &#;Big Fire&#; swept through the city. His parents were Horace and Zella Walker, and he was the youngest of their four sons. Bob&#;s older brothers were Walter, aged 12, Wayne, 10, and Richard (Dick), 2. His father was the city editor of the &#;Deseret News&#;; and after a weary night of reporting on the blaze, he finally had the chance to put in a call to the hospital to learn of his son&#;s birth. &#;It was smoky dawn before the phone on his desk stopped buzzing and he could get a call through to the hospital. When the fire extra was on the presses and he could lean back in his swivel chair and breathe again, he got the connection. His eyes, red-rimmed as Salt Lake&#;s city blocks, crinkled with the good news and he turned wearily to his typewriter and tapped out the item himself:
A seven-pound son was born to Mrs. Horace Walker last night at Salt Lake Hospital.&#;1
Desere • Robert J. Walker was born in in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. He graduated at the top of his class from the University of Pennsylvania, studied law, was admitted to the state bar in , and opened a law practice in Pittsburgh in Four years later, Walker was in Natchez, Mississippi, where he opened a law office, purchased slaves, and became wealthy from speculating in cotton, sugar, and land. By , Walker had turned his attention to politics, beating an incumbent for a seat in the United States Senate where, as a Democrat, he served until During that year, President James K. Polk tapped him to become secretary of the treasury; Walker remained at the Treasury Department throughout Polk’s four-year begrepp. After leaving the cabinet, Walker opened a law practice in Washington, D.C. He declined President Franklin Pierce’s offer, made in , to serve as minister to China. Four years later, though, Walker acceded to President James Buchanan’s wish that he become the ter • American actor (–) Robert Walker Jr. Walker in Robert Hudson Walker Jr. Queens, New York, U.S. Malibu, California, U.S. Ellie Wood Walker &#; &#; Judy Motulsky &#; &#; Dawn Walker &#; &#; Robert Hudson Walker Jr. (April 15, &#;– December 5, ) was an American actor who appeared in films including Easy Rider () and was a familiar presence on television in the s and early s. He became less active in later decades. Walker was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York; his parents were actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones.[1][2] He attended The Lawrenceville School and trained as an actor at the Actors Studio.[1][ Robert J. Walker (–)
Robert Walker (actor, born )
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