Samuel W. McCall: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary |
added photo |
||
Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
|footnotes= |
|footnotes= |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Samuel Walker McCall''' ([[February 28]], [[1851]] – [[November 4]], [[1923]]) was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], and [[Governor of Massachusetts]]. |
'''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. |
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. |
||
[[Image:slv17601_Gov_Sam_McCall_1918.jpg|thumb|left|Gov. McCall speaking in [[Vineyard Haven, MA]] in 1918.]] |
|||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
*{{CongBio|M000305}} |
*{{CongBio|M000305}} |
Revision as of 14:18, 23 June 2007
![]() | This article was imported from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. |
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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Slv17601_Gov_Sam_McCall_1918.jpg/220px-Slv17601_Gov_Sam_McCall_1918.jpg)