Robert Franklin Walker

Early life Robert F. Walker was born in Florence, Morgan County, Missouri, in 1850 to Belford Stevenson Walker and Abigail Lewis Walker (née Evans). Walker spent the first 12 years of his life in and around Florence. A short time later, he resigned and moved his family to Versailles, Missouri. His mother died in 1864, shortly before Walker's 14th birthday.

Education and career Walker graduated from University of Missouri in 1873 and from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1875. Walker was admitted to the Missouri State Bar in Versailles, Missouri later that same year, and commenced the practice of law.

In 1876 he was elected as the Morgan County prosecutor. Walker held that position until 1885, when he was appointed Assistant Attorney General of Missouri by Attorney General Banton G. Boone.

Walker did not seek reelection in 1896, and moved to St. Louis where he worked as a judge and attorney. During this time he was counsel of the St. Louis Merchants' Exchange, He also claimed, "[The President was] an enemy to individual liberty and a disgrace to his own race." The same year, Walker spoke at the Old Settler's Association of Morgan County, his address was transcribed and filed in the Library of Congress.