Francis W. Rockwell

Francis William Rockwell ( born May 26, 1844 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, † June 26, 1929 ) was an American politician. Between 1884 and 1891 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Francis Rockwell was the son of Julius Rockwell (1805-1888), who represented the state of Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress. He attended the common schools and the Edwards Place School in Stockbridge. In 1868 he graduated from Amherst College. After a subsequent law degree from Harvard University and his 1871 was admitted to the bar he began in Pittsfield to work in this profession. Between 1873 and 1875 he also served as a judge in Berkshire County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1879 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts; 1881 to 1882 he was a member of the State Senate.

Following the resignation of Mr George D. Robinson Rockwell was at the due election for the twelfth seat of Massachusetts as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 17 January 1884. After three re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1891 at the Congress. In 1890 he was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Rockwell practiced until 1916 again as a lawyer in Pittsfield. Then he retired from this profession. From 1893 to 1916 he was also president of the City Savings Bank. In June 1900 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in part, was nominated to the President William McKinley for re-election. In addition, Rockwell was from 1898 to 1926 member of the Greylock Reservation Commission. He died on June 26, 1929 in his hometown of Pittsfield, where he was also buried.