Walker was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Illinois in 1825. He practiced law in Springfield, Illinois, and served one term in the Illinois House of Representatives. He moved to Wisconsin in 1841 and practiced law in the Milwaukee area. He served in Wisconsin's territorial legislature from 1847 to 1848. When Wisconsin was admitted as a state in 1848, Walker was elected as a Democrat to represent Wisconsin in the United States Senate, where he served until 1855.
Walker opposed slavery. In 1850, he tried to introduce a one-sentence amendment to Henry Clay's omnibus bill. The amendment proposed to abolish peon slavery, a form of unfree labor among Native American workers in California and New Mexico.[2]
^. Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.
^Magliari, Michael F (2022). ""A Species of Slavery": The Compromise of 1850, Popular Sovereignty, and the Expansion of Unfree Indian Labor in the American West". Journal of American History. 109 (3): 521–547. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaac343. ISSN 0021-8723.
isaac, walker, isaac, pigeon, walker, november, 1815, march, 1872, american, politician, served, senator, from, wisconsin, isaac, pigeon, walkerunited, states, senatorfrom, wisconsinin, office, june, 1848, march, 1855preceded, none, succeeded, bycharles, durke. Isaac Pigeon Walker November 2 1815 March 29 1872 was an American politician who served as a U S Senator from Wisconsin 1 Isaac Pigeon WalkerUnited States Senatorfrom WisconsinIn office June 8 1848 March 3 1855Preceded by none Succeeded byCharles DurkeeMember of the Illinois House of RepresentativesPersonal detailsBorn 1815 11 02 November 2 1815Wheeling Virginia now West Virginia DiedMarch 29 1872 1872 03 29 aged 56 Milwaukee WisconsinPolitical partyDemocraticWalker was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Illinois in 1825 He practiced law in Springfield Illinois and served one term in the Illinois House of Representatives He moved to Wisconsin in 1841 and practiced law in the Milwaukee area He served in Wisconsin s territorial legislature from 1847 to 1848 When Wisconsin was admitted as a state in 1848 Walker was elected as a Democrat to represent Wisconsin in the United States Senate where he served until 1855 Walker opposed slavery In 1850 he tried to introduce a one sentence amendment to Henry Clay s omnibus bill The amendment proposed to abolish peon slavery a form of unfree labor among Native American workers in California and New Mexico 2 He is buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee Isaac Walker s older brother George H Walker was a founder and mayor of Milwaukee Wisconsin References editUnited States Congress Isaac P Walker id W000055 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Notes edit Isaac Pigeon Walker Wisconsin Historical Society Archived from the original on November 5 2012 Magliari Michael F 2022 A Species of Slavery The Compromise of 1850 Popular Sovereignty and the Expansion of Unfree Indian Labor in the American West Journal of American History 109 3 521 547 doi 10 1093 jahist jaac343 ISSN 0021 8723 U S SenatePreceded byNone U S senator Class 3 from Wisconsin1848 1855 Served alongside Henry Dodge Succeeded byCharles Durkee nbsp This article about a Wisconsin politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Isaac P Walker amp oldid 1174963932, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
