Prentiss Walker

Prentiss Walker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Preceded byW. Arthur Winstead
Succeeded byGillespie V. Montgomery
Personal details
Born
Prentiss Lafayette Walker

(1917-08-23)August 23, 1917
Taylorsville, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedJune 5, 1998(1998-06-05) (aged 80)
Magee, Mississippi, U.S.
Resting placeZion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Mize, Mississippi
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDimple Howell Walker
ChildrenTreta Walker Butler
Jan Walker Magee
Alma materMississippi College
OccupationFarmer
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

Prentiss Lafayette Walker (August 23, 1917 – June 5, 1998) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician from Mississippi. A staunch segregationist, in 1964 he became the first Republican to be elected to the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi during the twentieth century.