Samuel W. McCall

Samuel Walker McCall
47th Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 6, 1916 – January 2, 1919
Lieutenant	Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	David I. Walsh
Succeeded by	Calvin Coolidge
Personal details
Born	October 28, 1851 East Providence Township, Pennsylvania
Died	August 4, 1923 Winchester, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican

Samuel Walker McCall (February 28, 1851 – November 4, 1923) was a member of the United States House of Representatives, and Governor of Massachusetts.

He was born in East Providence, Bedford County, Pa., February 28, 1851; spent his early life in Illinois; attended the Mount Carroll (Ill.) Seminary; was graduated from New Hampton (N.H.) Academy in 1870 and from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1874; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1875 and practiced in Worcester, Mass., and later in Boston, Mass.; editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser; member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1888, 1889, and 1892; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1888, 1900, and 1916; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1913); chairman, Committee on Elections No. 3 (Fifty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of law in Boston; Governor of Massachusetts 1916-1918; engaged in literary pursuits; died in Winchester, Mass., November 4, 1923; interment in Wildwood Cemetery.

External links

• United States Congress. "Samuel W. McCall (id: M000305)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography