Lyman Walker

Lyman Walker (May 30, 1799 – October 16, 1886) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Brown, Door, and Kewaunee counties. He also served 13 years as district attorney of Kewaunee County.

Biography

Born in Tully, New York, Walker was a lawyer. He served as Tully town supervisor from 1834 to 1836 and as deputy sheriff for Onondaga County, New York, from 1828 to 1834. Walker was then elected district attorney at the 1860 election and was consecutively re-elected to four subsequent terms, leaving office in 1871.

While serving as district attorney, he was elected to represent Kewaunee County in the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1865 session, running on the Democratic Party ticket. He was then elected county superintendent in 1866. He was noted as the oldest member of the Senate during the 1871 session, then age 72.

Personal life and family Lyman Walker married Miriam Winslow at Hillsdale, New York, on November 5, 1822. They had five children, though one died in infancy and another died in early adulthood. His wife died in November 1850, before he moved to Wisconsin.

His eldest child was Charlotte Cornelia, who married in 1843 and was widowed with two children in 1862. She then moved to Ahnapee, to reside with her father until her death in 1871.

Both of Walker's surviving sons' served as Union Army officers during the American Civil War. His elder son, Charles H. Walker, was captain of Company K and later major of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He also served as a Wisconsin state legislator and county judge. His younger son, Horace, was captain of Company A in the 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He died at the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station. Grand Army of the Republic Post #18 was named in his honor.

Walker ultimately outlived all of his children.

Electoral history Wisconsin Senate (1869)