Member Biography

Ernest Frank Walker 

Member
Sessions Office Position District Party
1957-1958       35 Republican
1959       35 Republican
1960       35 Republican

COUNTIES: Cambria  


Biography

07/18/1900 - 05/02/1965


Brigadier General Ernest Frank Walker (R35) Cambria County 1957-1960

Early Life:

Brigadier General Ernest Frank Walker, born July 18, 1900, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; son of Charles Edward and Minnie May Woy Walker; served, WWI; Susquehanna University; Dickenson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; attorney; married, Mary E. Robertson, 1929, son, Ernest Robertson “Mike” Walker; colonel, 94th Infantry Division, United States Army, World War II, May 6, 1941-July 29, 1946; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1957-1960; special attorney Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; brigadier general, Pennsylvania National Guard, died, May 2, 1965 (aged 64) Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 35th district, Cambria County, 1957-1960

Cited:

The Oil City Derrick (Oil City, Pennsylvania) · Tuesday, May 04, 1965 · Page 14

Ernest Frank Walker (1900-1965) - Find a Grave Memorial