Jack D. Walker
{{Short description|American politician and physician}}
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{{infobox officeholder
| name = Jack D. Walker
| office = 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
| governor = Mike Hayden
| term_start = January 12, 1987
| term_end = January 14, 1991
| predecessor = Thomas Docking
| successor = Jim Francisco
| party = Republican
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|4|5}}
| birth_place = Girard, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2005|9|1|1922|4|5}}}}
| death_place = Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.
| alma_mater = Pittsburg State University
University of Kansas
| state_senate2 = Kansas
| district2 = 8th
| termstart2 = January 14, 1985
| termend2 = January 12, 1987
| preceded2 = Jan Meyers
| successor2 = Dick Bond
}}
Jack D. Walker (April 5, 1922 – September 1, 2005) was an American politician and physician. He served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1987 to 1991. Walker had previously served as a member of the Kansas Senate from the 8th district{{Cite web|title=Obituary for Jack D. Walker, M.D. {{!}} KC History|url=https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory:69516|access-date=2020-07-27|website=kchistory.org}} and mayor of Overland Park, Kansas.
He is an alumnus of Pittsburg State University and the University of Kansas.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gUsIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Jack+D.+Walker%22+1922&dq=%22Jack+D.+Walker%22+1922|title=The National Conference of Lieutenant Governors ... Biographical Sketches and Portraits|first=National Conference of Lieutenant Governors|last=(U.S.)|date=16 May 1987|publisher=National Conference of Lieutenant Governors|via=Google Books}}{{cite web |url=http://library.pittstate.edu/univarchives/obits/WA0227447.pdf |title=The Morning Sun, Pittsburg, Kan |website=Library.pittstate.edu |date= |accessdate=2017-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611193758/http://library.pittstate.edu/univarchives/obits/WA0227447.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-11 |url-status=dead }}
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{{succession box | before = Thomas Docking | title = Lieutenant Governor of Kansas | years = 1987–1991 | after = James L. Francisco}}
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Category:Lieutenant governors of Kansas
Category:American primary care physicians
Category:Pittsburg State University alumni
Category:University of Kansas alumni
Category:People from Girard, Kansas
Category:Republican Party Kansas state senators
Category:20th-century members of the Kansas Legislature
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