William B. Calhoun Explained

Image Name:William Barron Calhoun.png
Term Start2:1859
Term End2:1859
Predecessor2:Ansel Phelps, Jr.
Successor2:Daniel L Harris
Term Start3:1846
Term End3:1847
Successor3:Zeno Scudder
Office4:10th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Term Start4:January 1848
Term End4:1851
Governor4:George N. Briggs
Succeeded4:Amasa Walker
State1:Massachusetts
Term Start1:March 4, 1835
Term End1:March 3, 1843
Preceded1:Isaac C. Bates
Office5:Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term Start5:1828
Term End5:1834
Preceded5:William C. Jarvis
Succeeded5:Julius Rockwell
Office6:Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Term Start6:1825
Term End6:1834
Term Start7:1861
Term End7:1861
Birth Name:William Barron Calhoun
Birth Date:December 29, 1796
Death Date:November 8, 1865 (aged 68)
Death Place:Springfield, Massachusetts
Spouse:Margaret Howard

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, was born on December 29, 1796, in Boston, Massachusetts. Calhoun graduated from Yale College in 1814.

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

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.

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

Death and interment

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

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