WALKER, AMASA
\wˈɔːkə], \wˈɔːkə], \w_ˈɔː_k_ə]\
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(1799-1875), was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1849. He was Secretary of the State from 1851 to 1853. He represented Massachusetts in the U. S. Congress as a Republican from 1862 to 1863. He was prominent in advocating new and reformatory measures, and was an authority on questions of finance. He published "Nature and Uses of Money and Mixed Currency" and "Science of Wealth, a Manual of Political Economy".
By John Franklin Jameson
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