Biography

02/09/1800 - 01/25/1875

WALKER, John Hoge, a Representative from Erie County; born, February 9, 1800 in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pa.; graduated, Washington College (now Washington & Jefferson College), 1822; lawyer (1823-1874); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as an Anti-Mason for the 1832-1833, 1833-1834, 1834-1835 and 1835-1836 terms; engaged, plaster mill and tannery (1840-1842); engaged, Erie and North East Railroad Company (1842-1849); elected, Pennsylvania State Senator (1850-1852); elected, Speaker of the Senate (1852); counsel, commissioners, Erie County (1862-1863); attorney, directors of the poor, Erie County (1871-1872); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (president, 1873-1874); died, January 25, 1875 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.