Samuel H. Walley

Samuel Hurd Walley ( born August 31, 1805 in Boston, Massachusetts, † August 27 1877 in Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Walley was the grandson of William Phillips, who was from 1812 to 1823 Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. He attended the common schools and then the Phillips Academy in Andover. Then he studied until 1822 at Yale College and to 1826 at Harvard University. After studying law and his 1831 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Boston and Roxbury in this profession. He also worked in the banking industry and in the railway business. He also served as treasurer for two railway companies. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career. In 1836 and from 1840 to 1846 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Since 1844, he served as president of the chamber of parliament.

In the congressional elections of 1852 Walley was in the fourth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Lorenzo Sabine on March 4, 1853. Since he has not been confirmed in 1854, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1855. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

In 1855 Samuel Walley ran for governor of Massachusetts, finished with 9.7 percent of the vote but only fourth place. He then became president of the Revere National Bank. He died on 27 August 1877 in Nantasket Beach.