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Class Year
1912
Description
Walton Perkins
Williamsburg, Ky.
LL.B.; Henry Clay Law Society; Patterson Literary Society.
"I am nothing if not critical." "Perk" appeared on the scene in 1910. He had some previous knowledge of the law which he got in the courts "down home." It has taken him some little time, and no little trouble to decide whether to stay here two years or three to complete his course. In fact, at one time, he contemplated doing it in one year. He is always ready for an argument, no matter on which side; and is a triumphant winner, but a good loser. He has many original ideas which show deep thought, and his grasp of things legal is unusually good.
-The Kentuckian, 1912
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Walton Perkins (September 18, 1891 - January 16, 1950) was born in Whitley County, Kentucky to King David Perkins and Malinda Boyd. Perkins was visually impaired--he could not read text but retained some degree of sight. He studied at the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville. After graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Law, Perkins returned to Whitley County. He practiced law with his father. Perkins was elected as a county police judge in the mid-1910s. In the late 1920s, Perkins moved to Washington, D.C. and served as a clerk for Senator Frederic Mosley Sackett. He later served as a judge in Lafollette, Tennessee.
