Julius Rockwell

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Julius Rockwell
Robert Charles Winthrop
In office
1858–1858
Preceded byCharles A. Phelps
Succeeded byCharles Hale
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1834–1837
In office
1858–1858
Personal details
Born(1805-04-26)April 26, 1805
Colebrook, Connecticut, US
DiedMay 19, 1888(1888-05-19) (aged 83)
Lenox, Massachusetts, US
Political partyWhig
Other political
affiliations
Republican Party
Alma materYale University
ProfessionLaw

Julius Rockwell (April 26, 1805 – May 19, 1888) was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell.

Rockwell was born in

Bank of Massachusetts
from 1838 to 1840.

In 1842 he successfully ran as a

electoral college for the Republican candidate John C. Frémont in the presidential election of 1856
.

Rockwell returned to his old post of

Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1858, until his appointment to the Massachusetts Superior Court in 1859.[1] He retired as a judge in 1886 and died May 19, 1888, in Lenox, Massachusetts
, where he is buried.

See also

  • 56th Massachusetts General Court (1835)
  • 79th Massachusetts General Court (1858)

References

  1. ^ Cooke, Rollin Hillyer (1906), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts Vol. II, New York, N.Y., Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co, pp. 119–123

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Party political offices
First Republican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts
1855
Succeeded by
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

1835 — 1837
Succeeded by
Robert Charles Winthrop
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Massachusetts's 7th district

March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1851
Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts
June 3, 1854 (appointed) – January 31, 1855 (successor elected)
Served alongside: Charles Sumner
Succeeded by
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

1858
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by
Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court
1859—
Succeeded by