Clifford Walker: podcast appearances and interviews

Clifford Walker was an American attorney and politician from Georgia. Born in Monroe in 1877, he graduated from the University of Georgia in 1897 and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Walker served as the state attorney general from 1915 to 1920 and later was the 64th governor of Georgia, holding office from 1923 to 1927. His tenure as governor is notably marked by his association with the Ku Klux Klan, which supported his election, and by his inclusion of KKK leadership in policy matters. Prior to his gubernatorial service, Walker also held the position of mayor of Monroe, Georgia. He was a co-founder of the Woodrow Wilson College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. During his governorship, he made the first appointment of a poet laureate for Georgia, selecting Frank Lebby Stanton in 1925. Walker died at his residence in Monroe in 1954 and was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery in the same city.