William B. Calhoun

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William B. Calhoun
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1828–1834
Preceded byWilliam C. Jarvis
Succeeded byJulius Rockwell
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1825–1834
In office
1861[1]–1861[1][2]
Personal details
Born
William Barron Calhoun

December 29, 1796[1]
DiedNovember 8, 1865 (aged 68)
Springfield, Massachusetts[2]
Political partyAnti-Jacksonian, Whig
SpouseMargaret Howard[2]

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,

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.

See also

  • 53rd Massachusetts General Court (1832)
  • 54th Massachusetts General Court (1833)
  • 55th Massachusetts General Court (1834)
  • 68th Massachusetts General Court (1847)

References

  • United States Congress. "William B. Calhoun (id: C000046)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

1828 — 1834 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1843 		Succeeded by
Massachusetts Senate
Preceded by 29th President of the Massachusetts Senate
1846-1847 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by 10th
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

January 1848 – 1851 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ansel Phelps, Jr.
 5th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts
1859 		Succeeded by
Daniel L Harris

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume I, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 448
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (1912), Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History, Vol. VI September; 1805 - September; 1815, New Haven, Ct: Yale University Press, p. 629
  3. ^ a b c Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (1912), Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History, Vol. VI September; 1805 - September; 1815, New Haven, Ct: Yale University Press, p. 628

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