Samuel W. McCall

Samuel Walker McCall ( born October 28, 1851 in East Providence, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, † November 4, 1923 in Winchester, Massachusetts ) was an American politician and from 1916 to 1919 Governor of Massachusetts. Between 1893 and 1913 he represented his state in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Samuel McCall visited the Mount Carroll Seminary in Illinois and then to 1870 the New Hampton Academy in New Hampshire. Then he studied until 1874 at Dartmouth College. After a final law degree and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in Worcester and later in Boston in his new profession. In Boston McCall has been renowned in the newspaper business. He was publisher of the newspaper " Boston Daily Advertiser ."

Political career

McCall was a member of the Republican Party. From 1888 to 1889, and again in 1892 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In the years 1888, 1900 and 1916 he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions relevant. Between March 4, 1893 and March 3, 1913 McCall was a member of the U.S. Congress. There he was in the meantime chairman of an election committee ( Committee on Elections No.. 3).

After his return from Washington, he practiced as a lawyer again. On November 2, 1915, he was elected with 47:46 percent of the vote against the Democratic incumbent David I. Walsh for governor of his state. After he was confirmed in the following two years in office, he could reign as Governor between January 6, 1916 and January 2, 1919. His term was marked by the events of World War I, which also includes Massachusetts had to make a contribution. This meant the rationing of food and fuel, the conversion of production to armaments and the screening of young men for the armed forces. McCall's Lieutenant Governor Calvin Coolidge should be his successor in November 1918. Coolidge was later Vice President and President of the United States.

Further CV

After the end of his governorship McCall withdrew from politics. He devoted himself to his private affairs and especially the literature. Samuel McCall died in November 1923 and was buried in Winchester. With his wife, Ella Esther Thompson he had five children.