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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Prentiss Walker |
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Mize, Mississippi , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 23, 1917 |
| Died |
June 05, 1998
(81 years) |
| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | born near Taylorsville, Smith County, Miss., August 23, 1917; attended the public schools of Las Cruces, N.Mex., and Taylorsville and Mize, Miss., and Mississippi College at Clinton, Miss., in 1936; entered United States Army in 1944 and served in Pacific Theater; president of Walker Egg Farms, Inc., Mize, Miss., 1955 to present; owner, Walker�s Supermarket, 1937-1963; member of the executive committee of the State Game and Fish Commission, 1960; delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1964 and 1968; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate for reelection in 1966, but was an independent candidate to the United States Senate; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1972; engaged in farming and home building; died in Jackson, Miss., on June 5, 1998.
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