- Samuel W. McCall
Infobox Governor
name=Samuel Walker McCall
imagesize=150px
caption=
order=47th
office= Governor of Massachusetts
term_start=January 6 ,1916
term_end=January 2 ,1919
lieutenant=Calvin Coolidge
predecessor=David I. Walsh
successor=Calvin Coolidge
birth_date= birth date|1851|10|28|mf=y
birth_place=East Providence Township, Pennsylvania
death_date= death date and age|1923|8|4|1851|10|28|mf=y
death_place=Winchester, Massachusetts
spouse=
religion=
profession=
party= Republican
footnotes=Samuel Walker McCall (
February 28 ,1851 –November 4 ,1923 ) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives , andGovernor of Massachusetts . He was born inEast Providence Township, Pennsylvania onFebruary 28 ,1851 . He spent his early life inIllinois and attended the Mount Carroll (Ill.) Seminary. McCall graduated fromNew Hampton Academy and fromDartmouth College . He studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Worcester, and later inBoston, Massachusetts .He was editor of the
Boston Daily Advertiser , and was elected a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives . He was a delegate to theRepublican National Conventions in 1888, 1900, and 1916. McCall was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4 ,1893 toMarch 3 ,1913 ). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 3 (Fifty-fourth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912, and resumed the practice of law in Boston.He was elected
Governor of Massachusetts 1916-1918. After retiring from elected office, he engaged in literary pursuits and died in Winchester onNovember 4 ,1923 . His interment was in Wildwood Cemetery.External links
*CongBio|M000305
* [http://www.mass.gov/statehouse/massgovs/smccall.htm Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography]
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