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William Walker (filibuster)

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Date of birth	May 8, 1824 , May 8, 1824
Place of birth	Nashville, Tennessee
Date of death	September 12, 1860 , September 12, 1860(age 0) (aged 36)
Place of death	Trujillo, Honduras
1st President of the Republic of Lower California
In office	November 3, 1853 - January 21, 1854
1st President of the Republic of Sonora
In office	January 21, 1854 - May 8, 1854
President of the Republic of Nicaragua
In office	July 12, 1856 - May 1, 1857
Succeeded by	Máximo Jerez and Tomás Martínez
Preceded by	Patricio Rivas

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William Walker (May 8, 1824 � September 12, 1860) was a US lawyer, journalist and adventurer, who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering." Walker became president of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857, when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He was executed by the government of Honduras in 1860.

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