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Also Known As Robert John Walker • Robert James Walker
Born July 19, 1801 or July 23, 1801 • Pennsylvania
Died November 11, 1869 • Washington, D.C. • United States
Title / Office governor (1857-1857), Kansas • United States Senate (1835-1845), United States
Role In Bleeding Kansas

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