Walter Leake
| Walter D. Leake | |
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| 3rd Governor of Mississippi | |
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In office January 7, 1822 – November 17, 1825 |
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| Lieutenant |
David Dickson Gerard Brandon |
| Preceded by | George Poindexter |
| Succeeded by | Gerard Brandon |
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United States Senator from Mississippi |
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In office December 10, 1817 – May 15, 1820 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | David Holmes |
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May 25, 1762 Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | November 17, 1825 (aged 63) Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Walter Daniel Leake (May 25, 1762 – November 17, 1825) served as a United States Senator from Mississippi (1817–1820) and as third Governor of Mississippi (1822–1825). He was the first Governor of Mississippi to die in office.
Walter Leake was born on May 25, 1762 in Albemarle County in the Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Captain Mask Leake and nephew of Rev. Samuel Leake (Princeton University graduate and a member of the first Board of Trustees of Hampden–Sydney College), an ancestor of Senator John McCain of Arizona.
He served in the United States Senate from 1817 to 1820. He went on to serve as the Governor of Mississippi from 1822 to 1825.
His daughter, Susan Wingfield Leake, married in 1807 Henry Goodloe Johnston of Spotsylvania County, Virginia and was an ancestor of Haley Reeves Barbour, the former Governor of Mississippi.
Leake County, Mississippi, as well as Leakesville, Mississippi are named for him.
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