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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. |
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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.
[*http://www.mass.gov/statehouse/massgovs/smccall.htm Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography]
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