Robert James Walker (July 19, 1801 – November 11, 1869) was an American lawyer, economist and politician. An active member of the Democratic Party, he...
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Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist...
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Robert, Rob, Bob or Bobby Walker may refer to: Robert Walker (actor, born 1888) (1888–1954) American actor Robert Walker (actor, born 1918) (1918–1951)...
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Whigs. It was based on a report by Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker. The Walker Tariff reduced tariff rates from 32% to 25%. Coinciding with...
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The Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company (Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co., The Walker Company) was a cosmetics manufacturer incorporated in Indianapolis...
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USCS Robert J. Walker was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, from...
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Robert James Walker, Sr. (February 2, 1929 – February 15, 2016) was a senior sailor in the United States Navy who served as the third Master Chief Petty...
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was 76,400. Its county seat is Huntsville. Initially, Walker County was named for Robert J. Walker, a legislator from Mississippi who introduced into the...
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secret annexation negotiations with Texas near consummation, Senator Robert J. Walker of Mississippi, a key Tyler ally, issued a widely distributed and highly...
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Woodley Mansion (section Robert J. Walker)
St. Elizabeth's), where she worked as a laundress until her death. Robert J. Walker was a Mississippi cotton planter, U.S. Representative, and Senator...
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Robert Hudson Walker (October 13, 1918 – August 28, 1951) was an American actor who starred as the villain in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on...
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Polk's secretary of the treasury, Robert J. Walker, became a vocal champion of creating the new department. In 1849, Walker stated in his annual report that...
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Phillip "P. J." Walker Jr. (born February 26, 1995) is an American professional football quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football...
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entrance to the harbor. On the night of 20 January 1858, the USCS Robert J. Walker was at Pensacola when a major fire broke out at Fort Pickens. The cutter's...
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free trade legislation passed the year before under his predecessor Robert J. Walker. He felt that there was a need to protect the American workman, who...
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James K. Polk (redirect from J. Polk)
nomination, Wright also refused the vice-presidential nomination. Senator Robert J. Walker of Mississippi, a close Polk ally, then suggested former senator George...
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Self Made (miniseries) (redirect from Madam C. J. Walker (TV series))
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C. J. Walker is an American drama television limited series, based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A'Lelia...
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Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jonathan Hoge Walker and Mary Duncan Walker. Her siblings included Senator Robert J. Walker. In 1824, she married General William...
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President James Buchanan's appointee as territorial governor of Kansas, Robert J. Walker, although a strong defender of slavery, opposed the blatant injustice...
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Pennsylvania, but was raised by Robert J. Walker, his uncle, who was a Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Senator. Walker served as a first lieutenant in...
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The Madam C. J. Walker Building, which houses the Madam Walker Legacy Center, was built in 1927 in the city of Indianapolis, in the U.S. state of Indiana...
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J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; /ˈɒpənhaɪmər/ OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist...
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A'Lelia Bundles (category Madam C. J. Walker)
known for her 2001 biography of her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker. A'Lelia Bundles grew up in Indianapolis in a family of civic minded business...
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during the Mexican-American War. Walker County, Texas, was renamed for him after its original namesake, Robert J. Walker (no relation), sided with the Union...
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Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, GBS, PC (17 March 1938 – 16 November 2023) was a British barrister and Justice of the Supreme Court of the...
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▌2. Robert J. Walker (J) ▌1. Thomas H. Benton (J) ▌3. Lewis F. Linn (J) ▌2. Henry Hubbard (J) ▌3. Isaac Hill (J), until May 30, 1836 ▌John Page (J), from...
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to endorse the pro-slavery Lecompton government. Buchanan appointed Robert J. Walker to replace John W. Geary as Territorial Governor, and there ensued...
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John Anthony Walker Jr. (July 28, 1937 – August 28, 2014) was a United States Navy chief warrant officer and communications specialist convicted of spying...
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The Traitors (film) (category Films directed by Robert Tronson)
thriller film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Patrick Allen, Jacqueline Ellis, Zena Walker and James Maxwell. It was written by J. Levy and Jim O'Connolly...
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de facto slavery settlement. Upon taking office, Buchanan appointed Robert J. Walker to replace John W. Geary as territorial governor of Kansas, with the...
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