Richard Wilde Walker, Junior., was born on March 11, 1857, in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. He was the son of Richard Wilde Walker, Senior, and his wife, Mary Ann Simpson Walker. He was a grandson of John Williams Walker and nephew of LeRoy Pope Walker and Percy Walker.
Walker attended Washington and Lee College in Lexington, Virginia, for only one year. After this he went to Princeton College in New Jersey, where he achieved scholarly distinction and graduated in 1877. (His father and paternal grandfather also graduated from Princeton) He attended in New York City for one session.
He was admitted to the bar at Huntsville, Alabama, in the fall of 1877.
They had no children. Both are buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville. Walker practiced law in Saint Louis, Missouri, for about one year.
In 1881, he went to New York City where he practiced law for over two years.
He returned to Huntsville in early 1884. On February 23, 1891, just shy of 34 years of age, Walker was appointed by the governor to the office of associate justice on the Supreme Court of Alabama.
In 1914, he was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He reached senior status in 1930 and remained with the court until his death.
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Married Shelby White, June 22, 1886.
