Eliakim "E. P. Walton" Persons Walton (February 17, 1812 – December 19, 1890) was an American journalist, editor and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
He was involved in journalism and was the editor of "Walton's Vermont Register".[3] He lived in Essex, New York, from 1826 until 1827, and edited and printed his first newspaper in Essex, titled "The Essex County Republican".[4] Walton was the organizer and first president of the Editors and Publishers' Association, holding the office of president for more than twenty years.[5] After the retirement of his father, Eliakim Parker Walton, in 1853, he was sole proprietor of the "Vermont Watchman" until 1868.[6]
In 1864, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention,[8] and served as a member of the State constitutional convention in 1870.[9] He served in the Vermont State Senate from 1874 and 1878,[10] and was a trustee of the University of Vermont and of the Vermont State Agricultural College from 1875 until 1887. He served as president of the Vermont Historical Society from 1876 until 1890. He edited Volume II of the "Collections of the Vermont Historical Society", including the Haldimand Negotiations papers, and edited eight volumes of "Records of the Governor and Council."
Personal life
Walton married Sarah Sophia Howes. Following Sarah's death, he married Clara P. Snell Field.[11]
Death
Walton died on December 19, 1890, in Montpelier, Vermont. He is interred in Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.[12]
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