Edward G. Walker

Edward G. Walker
Edward G. Walker (1830–1901), son of David Walker (abolitionist), one of the first two black men elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature.
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 3rd Middlesex district [1]
In office
1867–1867
Personal details
Born1830
Edgefield, South Carolina
Died1901 (aged 70–71)
Quincy, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican (before 1868)
Democratic
Negro Party (1896)
Parent(s)David Walker
Eliza Walker

Edward Garrison Walker (1830–1901), also Edwin Garrison Walker, was an American artisan in Boston who became an attorney; in 1861, he became one of the first black men to pass the Massachusetts bar. In 1866 he and Charles Lewis Mitchell were the first two African Americans elected to the Massachusetts state legislature. Walker was the son of Eliza and David Walker, the militant abolitionist and author of An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829).

  1. ^ Court, Massachusetts General (1867). Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. hdl:2452/40645 – via State Library of Massachusetts.