Background
Walker, Robert Franklin was born on November 29, 1850 in Florence, Missouri, United States. Son of Belford Stephenson and Abigail Lewis (Evans) Walker.
Walker, Robert Franklin was born on November 29, 1850 in Florence, Missouri, United States. Son of Belford Stephenson and Abigail Lewis (Evans) Walker.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Missouri, 1873, Bachelor of Laws, 1875, Doctor of Laws, 1926.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1876, to Supreme Court of United States, 1894. Practiced in Morgan Company until 1885. Prosecuting attorney, Morgan Company, 1877-1885.
Assistant attorney general of Missouri, 1885-1889, attorney general, 1893-1897. In practice at St. Louis, 1897-1913. Judge Supreme Court of Missouri, January 1, 1913-December 31, 1932 (chief justice, 1927).
Member Revising Commission Missouri Statutes, 1889 (chairman of like commission, 1909).
Married Nannie A. Wright, September 20, 1877 (died 1892).; married second, Geneva C. Percy, September 28, 1896 (died 1929). Children: Mistress Katharine Smith, Leland Ross.