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词条 William B. Calhoun
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Election to Congress

  3. Post Congressional career

  4. Death and interment

  5. References

  6. External links

  7. Notes

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William Barron Calhoun (December 29, 1796 – November 8, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Early life

Calhoun, the eldest child of Andrew Calhoun and Martha (Chamberlain) Calhoun,[3] was born on December 29, 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts.[3] Calhoun graduated from Yale College[2] in 1814.

After his graduation from Yale, Calhoun studied law, first in Concord, New Hampshire,[3] and later in Springfield, Massachusetts.[2]

Calhoun was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Springfield.

Calhoun served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1825-1834, serving as speaker 1828-1834.[1]

Election to Congress

Calhoun was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Whig to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1843).

Calhoun served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Twenty-sixth Congress).

Calhoun was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

Post Congressional career

In 1844 Calhoun was a Presidential Elector for Henry Clay.[2]

Calhoun served as member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1846 and 1847, serving as its president.

He served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1848-1851 and State bank commissioner from 1853 to 1855.

He served as mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1859.[1]

He was again a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1861.[1]

Death and interment

Calhoun died in Springfield, Massachusetts, November 8, 1865, he was interred in Springfield Cemetery.

References

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External links

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  • Yale Obituary Record
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Notes

1. ^10 11 12 {{Citation |last=Davis | first=William Thomas| title = Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume I | page = 448. | publisher = The Boston History Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1895}}
2. ^{{Citation|last= Dexter|first= Franklin Bowditch| title =Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History, Vol. VI September; 1805 - September; 1815| page = 629. | publisher = Yale University Press| location = New Haven, Ct| year = 1912}}
3. ^{{Citation|last= Dexter|first= Franklin Bowditch| title =Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History, Vol. VI September; 1805 - September; 1815| page = 628. | publisher = Yale University Press| location = New Haven, Ct| year = 1912}}
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