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Walker (AMASA an American political)

AMASA, an American political economist; born in Woodstock, Conn., May 4, 1799. He was for many years engaged in commercial pursuits; from 1842 to 1848 lectured on political economy at Oberlin College; in 1848 became a member of the Massachusetts Assembly, and in 1849 of the Senate; in 1851-1852 was Secretary of State, and in 1862-1863 was Republican member of Congress from Massachusetts.

From 1858 to 1869 he was lecturer on political economy at Amherst College. He was one of the editors of the "Transactions" of the Agricultural Society of Massachusetts (7 vols. 1848-1854). He wrote: "Nature and Uses of Money and Mixed Currency" (1857); and "The Science of Wealth" (1866). He died in North Brookfield, Mass., Oct. 29, 1875.

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