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John A Walker (Iowa politician)

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Occupation
  
farmer, banker

Political party
  
Republican Party

Role
  
Iowa politician

Name
  
John Walker

Religion
  
Lutheran


Born
  
June 5, 1912Hamilton County, Iowa, United States (
1912-06-05
)

Died
  
June 21, 2012, Webster City, Iowa, United States

John Asher Walker (June 5, 1912 – June 21, 2012) was an American politician in the state of Iowa.

Walker was born in Hamilton County, Iowa. He attended Ellsworth Junior College, the American Institute of Business, and Grinnell College, and was a farmer, banker and former employee at J.C. Penney. Walker served in the House of Representatives as a Republican from 1947 to 1955 (district 63), and in the State Senate from 1955 to 1967 (districts 37 and 35). He married Violet Michaels and with her had three children. They would later divorce, and he married Margaret Moeller in 1971. He died in 2012 at the age of 100 and is buried in Jewell, Iowa.

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John A. Walker (Iowa politician) Wikipedia


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