Calvin Willey

Calvin Willey ( born September 15, 1776 in East Haddam, Connecticut; † August 23, 1858 in Stafford, Connecticut ) was an American politician who represented the state of Connecticut in the United States Senate.

After attending the public school community Willey studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1798 and began to work as a lawyer in Chatham. In 1800, he moved to Stafford.

Willey, originally a supporter of the second U.S. President John Adams and thus the Federalist party related parties, began his political career as an MP in the House of Representatives from Connecticut 1805-1806 Subsequently he worked from 1806 to 1808 as postmaster of Stafford Springs.; In 1808 he moved to Tolland, where he held the same activities 1812-1816. From 1818 to 1825 he served as judge of the probate ( Probate court) of the district of Stafford.

Meanwhile, Calvin Willey returned several times back to the state House of Representatives. He belonged to the chamber in the years 1810 and 1812 and from 1820 to 1821. From 1823 to 1824 he was in the state Senate; In 1824 he was also one of the delegates of Connecticut in the Electoral College for the election of U.S. president. Connecticut's votes went to John Quincy Adams, while being less electoral votes than his opponent Andrew Jackson received, but was later still chosen by the U.S. House of Representatives.

After the split in the Democratic-Republican party as a result of this election Calvin Willey was one of the supporters of the new president, who formed in the course of time in the new National Republican Party. As their lobbyists, he was one of 4 May 1825 to March 3, 1831 for the U.S. Senate; during this time he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee ( Committee on Agriculture).

After the departure from the policy Calvin Willey again worked as a lawyer in Tolland, before he died in Stafford 1858.