Julius Rockwell

Julius Rockwell ( born April 26, 1805 in Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut, † May 19, 1888 in Lenox, Massachusetts) was an American politician who represented the state of Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress.

After receiving an education at private schools, attended Julius Rockwell Yale University, studied law there and took his degree in 1826. He became a member of the Bar Association and practiced from 1830 in Pittsfield (Massachusetts ). His political career began in 1834, when he moved into the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, where he remained until 1838; for three years he held the office of Speaker of the Parliament chamber. From 1838 to 1840 he was state representative for the Bank of Massachusetts, which later became in today's Bank of America.

Rockwell was a member of the Whigs, for which he sat from March 4, 1843 House of Representatives of the United States. After three confirmed he resigned in 1850 on the re-election. In 1853 he participated as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention; on June 3 the following year he took the place of the retiring Edward Everett in the U.S. Senate. As an appointed senator he exercised this mandate from only until January 31, 1855, when he, the victorious Henry Wilson followed in the by-election. After the dissolution of the Whig party Rockwell joined the Republicans, as their choice man, he belonged to the Electoral College in the presidential election in 1856. John C. Frémont, who won the popular vote in Massachusetts was defeated, nationwide, however, the Democrat James Buchanan.

1858 Rockwell returned to the House of Representatives from Massachusetts and was also back its Speaker. The following year he was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of the State of which he remained until 1886, when he retired. Two years later he died in Lenox, where he was also buried. His son Francis was from 1884 to 1891 also a congressman for Massachusetts.

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