William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies.

William Walker was an adventurer, filibuster, and revolutionary leader who succeeded in making himself president of Nicaragua (1856–57). In 1850 he migrated to California, where his interest in a colonization scheme in Lower California developed into filibustering plans.

2019年2月25日 · Walker would become the most successful of the 19th-century filibusters, one of hundreds of intrepid Americans who set out with little more than weapons and ambition to conquer territory in...

William Walker, the original 'filibuster' who briefly named himself president of Nicaragua, is shown with a government map of the country ordered in 1856 by Walker and then-President of Nicaragua, Patricio Rivas.

2019年7月3日 · William Walker (May 8, 1824–September 12, 1860) was an American adventurer and soldier who served as president of Nicaragua from 1856 to 1857. He tried to gain control over most of Central America but failed and was executed by firing squad in 1860 in Honduras.

The liberal elite of León was losing the struggle to unseat the conservative elite of Granada and turned for help to a San Francisco-based soldier of fortune named William Walker. Walker was known as an adventurer who sought to take control of Latin American countries with the purpose of making them a part of the United States. [10]

2010年3月4日 · Charismatic almost in spite of himself, William Walker dramatically embodied the adventuresome spirit and philosophy of 1850s America. Born in 1824 in Nashville, Tenn., Walker was a prodigy. He attended the University of Nashville, graduating at the top of his class at 14.