Samuel W. McCall
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Samuel Walker McCall | |
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In office January 6, 1916 – January 2, 1919 |
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Lieutenant(s) | Calvin Coolidge |
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Preceded by | David I. Walsh |
Succeeded by | Calvin Coolidge |
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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.
[edit] External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography
Preceded by Moses T. Stevens |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913 |
Succeeded by Frederick Simpson Deitrick |
Preceded by David I. Walsh |
Governor of Massachusetts 1916 – 1919 |
Succeeded by Calvin Coolidge |