Walter Leake
Walter Leake | |
|---|---|
| 3rd Governor of Mississippi | |
| In office January 7, 1822 – November 17, 1825 | |
| Lieutenant | David Dickson Gerard Brandon |
| Preceded by | George Poindexter |
| Succeeded by | Gerard Brandon |
| United States Senator from Mississippi | |
| In office December 10, 1817 – May 15, 1820 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | David Holmes |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County, Virginia | |
| In office December 7, 1806 – December 1, 1805 Serving with Hugh Nelson | |
| Preceded by | Joel Yancey |
| Succeeded by | Peter Carr |
| In office December 7, 1804 – December 1, 1805 Serving with William Waller Hening | |
| Preceded by | Peter Carr |
| Succeeded by | Joel Yancey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 20, 1762 Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | November 17, 1825 (aged 63) Clinton, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic-Republican |
Walter Daniel Leake (May 20, 1762 – November 17, 1825) was an American lawyer, planter and politician. After serving in the American Revolutionary War and in the Virginia House of Delegates, he moved to the Mississippi Territory where he became a judge, and after statehood a United States Senator from Mississippi (1817–1820), as a circuit court judge in 1821, and as third Governor of Mississippi (1822–1825). He was the first Governor of Mississippi to die in office. A relative, Walter D. Leake, served in the Virginia House of Delegates for many terms beginning in 1842 and also represented Goochland County in the Virginia Secession Convention long after this man's death.