In 1846, Congress approved the Walker Tariff ( named after Robert J. Walker, the Secretary of the Treasury ), which represented a substantial reduction of the high Whig-backed Tariff of 1842.

The Walker Tariff was a set of tariff rates adopted by the United States in 1846.

The Walker Tariff was enacted by the Democrats, and made substantial cuts in the high rates of the " Black Tariff " of 1842, enacted by the Whigs.

The Walker Tariff reduced tariff rates from 32 % to 25 %; it coincided with Britain's repeal of the Corn Laws and led to an increase in trade.

The Walker Tariff produced the nation's first standardized tariff: rather than setting fixed rates for specific items a on a case-by-case basis, it established general schedules into which all goods could be classified, subject to defined ad valorem rates.

As Walker had predicted, trade increased substantially, and net revenue collected also increased, from $ 30 million annually under the Black Tariff in 1845 to almost $ 45 million annually by 1850.

The Walker Tariff remained in effect until the Tariff of 1857, which used it as a base and reduced rates further.

He also opposed the Mexican-American War, President Polk's Oregon policy, the Walker Tariff of 1846 and the Wilmot Proviso, first introduced in 1846.

Also, as a Representative of a largely agrarian district, he voted for the Walker Tariff of 1846 which made a moderate reduction in tariff rates.

The Tariff of 1842 was repealed in 1846, when it was replaced by the Walker Tariff.

The bill was adopted following the Walker Tariff of 1846 and implemented in 1847.

It amended the Walker Tariff of 1846 by lowering rates to around 17 % on average.

The 1913 Act established the lowest rates since the Walker Tariff of 1857.

He secured passage of the Walker tariff of 1846, which had low rates that pleased his native South, and he established a treasury system that lasted until 1913.

It was passed along with a series of financial reforms proposed by Walker including the Warehousing Act of 1846.

The First Presbyterian Church was designed in 1846 by Robert Walker, a noted architect from Charleston, but construction wasn ’ t begun until several years later and wasn ’ t completed until after the Civil War.

** Mark Walker, songwriter ( b. 1846 )

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At the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846, famous Texas Rangers such as John Coffee " Jack " Hays, Ben McCulloch, Bigfoot Wallace, and Samuel Hamilton Walker played important roles in the battle, to include advising General William Jenkins Worth on the tactics required to fight inside a Mexican city.

During the Mexican – American War ( 1846 – 1848 ), this prototype was seen by Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker who made some suggestions to Colt about making it in a larger caliber.

* William Sidney Walker ( 1795 – 1846 ), English Shakespearean critic

United States Treasury Secretary Robert Walker proposed the establishment of a bonded warehousing system based on the one employed by Britain in his 1846 report to Congress.

* James John Walker ( 1846 – 1922 ), businessman, see J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd, organ makers

* Rhodes, William H., The Indian Gallows and Other Poems in Two Parts ( New York: E. Walker, 1846 )

It might have been easier for her if Kitti Walker hadn't been everything that Blanche was not.

Walker said he was considering filing a motion for a new trial which would contend that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and that there were several errors in trial procedure.

The jury, which was locked up in a motel overnight, was canvassed at the request of Walker after the verdict was announced.

Common meter hymns were interchangeable with a variety of tunes ; more than twenty musical settings of " Amazing Grace " circulated with varying popularity until 1835 when William Walker assigned Newton's words to a traditional song named " New Britain ", which was itself an amalgamation of two melodies (" Gallaher " and " St. Mary ") first published in the Columbian Harmony by Charles H. Spilman and Benjamin Shaw ( Cincinnati, 1829 ).

This early version ran on the Marinchip Systems 9900 computer ( Marinchip Systems was owned by Autodesk co-founders John Walker and Dan Drake ).

Authors Martin Walker and Bob Woodward state Clinton's innovative use of sound bite-ready dialogue, personal charisma, and public perception-oriented campaigning was a major factor in his high public approval ratings.

The five-string banjo was popularized by Joel Walker Sweeney, an American minstrel performer from Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

T-Bone Walker states that as a boy, he was employed by Jefferson to lead him around the streets of Dallas ; he would have been of the appropriate age at the time.

" Unit operations was introduced into the course by William Hultz Walker in 1905.

In 1779, New Pennacook Plantation was granted to Timothy Walker, Jr. and his associates at what would be incorporated in 1800 as Rumford, Maine, the site of Pennacook Falls.

Prior to the 1995 season, the Rockies acquired free-agent outfielder Larry Walker, previously of the Montreal Expos, who replaced Kingery as the 4th member of the " Blake Street Bombers "— named after the street on which the new ballpark ( Coors Field ) was located — along with Galarraga, Bichette, and third baseman Vinny Castilla, who had played sparingly with the major-league club during the previous season.

Helton was blossoming into a young developed hitter, batting. 320 with 35 homers and 113 RBI ; Castilla, Walker, and Bichette also hit more than 30 homers each.

In addition, Walker, who had been with the team since 1995 and was widely regarded as the best player in team history, was now 37 years old, and injuries prevented him from playing much of the time.

Ratings reached a low of 8 million in February 1973, Pat Phoenix quit as Elsie Tanner, Violet Carson ( Ena Sharples ) was written out for most of the year due to illness, and Doris Speed ( Annie Walker ) took two months ' leave.

The original cast was created by Tony Warren, with the characters of Ena Sharples ( Violet Carson ), Elsie Tanner ( Patricia Phoenix ) and Annie Walker ( Doris Speed ) as central figures.

Flockhart's last appearance on television was as Kitty Walker, opposite Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths and Matthew Rhys, in the ABC prime time series Brothers & Sisters, which premiered in September 2006 in the time slot after Desperate Housewives.

By age nine, she was appearing on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee.

On October 3, 1849, Poe was found on the streets of Baltimore delirious, " in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance ", according to the man who found him, Joseph W. Walker.

The first published discovery to receive subsequent confirmation was made in 1988 by the Canadian astronomers Bruce Campbell, G. A. H. Walker, and Stephenson Yang.

During the recording of the third album, Gibson was let go after a dispute over money and Walker left since touring was keeping him away from his family too much.