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Robert J. Walker
(July 19, 1801 – November 11, 1869) was an American lawyer, economist and politician. He served as a member of the
United States Senate
representing the state of
Mississippi
from 1835 until 1845, and as
Secretary of the Treasury
from 1845 to 1849 during the administration of President
James K. Polk
. This
line engraving
of Walker was produced by the
Department of the Treasury
's
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(BEP) as part of a
BEP presentation album
of treasury secretaries. The portrait appeared on the fifth issue of 25-cent
fractional-currency
notes, issued in 1874.
Engraving credit:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
; restored by
Andrew Shiva
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