Walker Blaine [SEP] cause of death
in the United States Department of State, this time as Solicitor of the Department of State.
Walker Blaine died in Washington, D.C. unexpectedly on January 15, 1890, of pneumonia that followed a bout of influenza. He is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington.
External links.
- "Walker Blaine Dead", "New York Times", Jan. 15, 1890
- "The Late Walker Blaine", Harper's Weekly, January 25, 1890
mission to South America. Following the death of Garfield and the resignation of the older Blaine, President Chester A. Arthur appointed Walker Blaine assistant counsel of the United States for the Court of Commissioners of "Alabama" Claims. Blaine held this office until the court's abolition on January 1, 1886. He then moved to Chicago to practice law. In 1889, Blaine's father became Secretary of State for the second time (this time in the Benjamin Harrison administration) and James G. Blaine again secured a position for Walker Blaine