death_date birth_date birthname term_end alma_mater state_senate death_place image_size preceded term_start spouse image succeeded predecessor birth_place party office district successor religion article_title
23 february 1934 27 january 1859 cyrus harding walker january 14 , 1920 january 14 , 1920 university of virginia virginia heathsville , virginia , u.s. 220px none -lrb- new district -rrb- january 13 , 1915 january 13 , 1904 mary rosa starke c harding walker 1912.jpg thomas j. downing edward echols northumberland , virginia , u.s. democratic president pro tempore of the senate of virginia 34th saxon w. holt methodist c. harding walker

c. harding walker

cyrus harding walker -lrb- january 27 , 1859 -- february 23 , 1934 -rrb- was an american lawyer and democratic politician .
first elected to the virginia senate in 1898 after a brief stint in the house of delegates , he went on to serve in this body for the next two decades .
for the last five years of his tenure as the 34th district 's senator , he was the president pro tempore of the senate of virginia .
