CS Con Brooke, Walker Sr. - C.S. Delegate, MS

Walker Brooke Sr.
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Born: December 25, 1813

Birthplace: Clarke County, Virginia

Father: Humphrey Booth Brooke 1764 – 1844

Mother: Sarah Walker Page 1784 – 1840

Wife: Jane Jefferson Lewis Eskridge 1824 – 1904

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi)​

Children:

Roberta Brooke Smith 1842 – 1890​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi)​

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Lucy Jefferson Brooke Matthews 1844 – 1932​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi)​

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Callowhill Minnis Brooke 1847 – 1911​

(Buried: Kosciusko City Cemetery, Kosciusko, Mississippi)​

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Walker Brooke Jr. 1848 – 1849​

(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lexington, Mississippi)​

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James Humphrey Brooke 1851 – 1851​

(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lexington, Mississippi)​

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Francis Temple Brooke 1851 – 1878​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi)​

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Horace Miller Brooke 1854 – 1945​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi)​

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Hugh H. Brooke 1855 – 1933​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi)​

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Jane Walker Brooke James 1858 – 1916​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi)​

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Mary Sims Brooke 1864 – 1927​

(Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi)​

Political Party: Whig Party and Democratic Party

Education:

1835: Graduated from University of Virginia​

Occupation before War:

1838 – 1852: Attorney in Lexington, Mississippi​

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1848: Mississippi State Representative​

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1850 – 1852: Mississippi State Senator​

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1852: Filled the vacancy of U.S. Senator Henry S. Foote​

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1852 – 1853: United States Senator from Mississippi​

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1853: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection as U.S. Senator

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1853 – 1857: Attorney in Lexington, Mississippi​

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1857 – 1861: Attorney in Vicksburg, Mississippi​

Civil War Career:

1861: Delegate to Mississippi State Constitutional Convention​

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1861 – 1862: Mississippi Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress​

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1861 – 1862: Chairman of the Patents Committee​

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Known to have been a Confederate nationalist​

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Had few reservations about increasing central government authority​

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He suggested the produce loan program to the Finance Committee​

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1862: Unsuccessful candidate for Confederate States Senator​

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1862 – 1865: Attorney in Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1863: Unsuccessful candidate for Confederate States Senator​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1869: Attorney in Vicksburg, Mississippi​

Died: December 18, 1869

Place of Death: Vicksburg, Mississippi

Age at time of Death: 55 years old

Burial Place: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi

 

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Filled out the vacancy caused by Senator Henry S.Foote's resignation. This would have been from Feb. 18, 1852 to March 3, 1853.Foote resigned from the Senate to serve as Governor of Mississippi,having defeated Jefferson Davis in the election for that office.