High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Major General Edwin Anderson Walker, sometimes known as Ted Walker (November 10, 1909 – October 31, 1993), was a United States Army officer who fought in World War II and the Korean War, reaching the rank of Major General. He was known for his ultra-conservative political views and was criticized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for promoting a personal political stand while in uniform. Walker resigned his commission in 1959, but Eisenhower denied his resignation and gave Walker a new command over the 24th Infantry Division in Augsburg, Germany. Walker again resigned his commission in 1961 after being publicly and formally admonished by President John F. Kennedy (JFK) for publicly calling Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman "pink" in print, and for violating the Hatch Act by attempting to direct the votes of his troops. JFK accepted his resignation. In early 1962 Walker ran for the office of Texas Governor, and lost to John Connally....

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