What is Robert J. Walker?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Robert Walker |image = Hon. Robert J. Walker, Miss - NARA - 528738.jpg |office = [[List of Governors of Kansas|Governor of Kansas]] |term_start = May 27, 1857 |term_end = December 15, 1857 |predecessor = [[John W. Geary]] |successor = [[James W. Denver]] |office1 = 18th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] |president1 = [[James K. Polk]]<br>[[Zachary Taylor]] |term_start1 = March 8, 1845 |term_end1 = March 5, 1849 |predecessor1 = [[George M. Bibb]] |successor1 = [[William M. Meredith]] |jr/sr2 = United States Senator |state2 = [[Mississippi]] |term_start2 = March 4, 1835 |term_end2 = March 5, 1845 |predecessor2 = [[George Poindexter]] |successor2 = [[Joseph W. Chalmers]] |birth_name = Robert John Walker |birth_date = {{birth date|1801|7|19}} |birth_place = [[Northumberland, Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1869|11|11|1801|7|19}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Mary Bache |children = 5, including [[Duncan Stephen Walker|Duncan]] |education = [[University of Pennsylvania]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}} }} '''Robert John Walker''' (July 19, 1801{{spaced ndash}}November 11, 1869) was an American lawyer, [[Economics|economist]] and politician. He was in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was a [[U.S. Senate|senator]] from [[Mississippi]] from 1835 until 1845. He was the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] from 1845 to 1849 under President [[James K. Polk]]. He was the [[Territorial Governor of Kansas]] in 1857. ==Career== ===Secretary of the Treasury (1845-1849)=== [[File:WALKER, Robert J-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]] portrait of Walker as Secretary of the Treasury]] President Polk asked Walker to become [[U.S. Secretary of the Treasury]]. Walker was the Treasury Secr