Lewis Leavell Walker was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Kentucky

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Born in Lancaster, Kentucky

Lancaster, Kentucky

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, Walker attended Lancaster (Kentucky) Academy, Garrard College, Lancaster, Kentucky

Lancaster, Kentucky

Lancaster is a city in Garrard County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,734. It is the county seat of Garrard County. Located south of Lexington, it is the site of the Kennedy House, said to have been used in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The controversial...

, and Central University

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, Richmond, Kentucky

Richmond, Kentucky

There were 10,795 households out of which 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.2% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.6% were non-families. Of all households, 34.7% were made up of individuals and 8.8% had...

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He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1894 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Kentucky

Lancaster, Kentucky

Lancaster is a city in Garrard County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,734. It is the county seat of Garrard County. Located south of Lexington, it is the site of the Kennedy House, said to have been used in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The controversial...

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He also engaged in banking.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Garrard County in 1901.
Walker served as city attorney of Lancaster 1907-1910.
He served as trustee of the University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

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, at Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

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 from 1908 to 1915.
He served as judge of the 13th judicial district of Kentucky in 1910 and 1911.

Walker was elected as a Republican

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 to the Seventy-first

71st United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1930. Walker has the distinction of being preceded and succeeded in his congressional seat by the same person, Democrat Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert

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. At the same time, Representative Elva R. Kendall

Elva R. Kendall

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 from Kentucky's 9th Congressional District had that same distinction, also serving for only one term in the House. Kendall served in the house between Fred M. Vinson

Fred M. Vinson

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's two House tenures.

Walker continued the practice of law in Lancaster, Kentucky

Lancaster, Kentucky

Lancaster is a city in Garrard County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,734. It is the county seat of Garrard County. Located south of Lexington, it is the site of the Kennedy House, said to have been used in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The controversial...

, until his death there on June 30, 1944.
He was interred in Lancaster Cemetery.