William B. Calhoun

William Barron Calhoun ( born December 29, 1796 in Boston, Massachusetts, † November 8, 1865 in Springfield, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1835 and 1843 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Calhoun attended until 1814, the Yale College. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. He also embarked on a political career. Between 1825 and 1834 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, he served as its president since 1828, In the 1820s, he joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party. In the 1830s he became a member of the Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1834, Calhoun was in the eighth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Isaac C. Bates on March 4, 1835. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1843 four legislative sessions. From 1839 to 1841 he was chairman of the Committee on private land claims. The time from 1841 was overshadowed by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico. In 1842, William Calhoun gave up another candidacy.

In the years 1846 and 1847 was Calhoun Member and President of the Senate of Massachusetts. From 1848 to 1851 he served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of the executive officers of the State Government. After that, he was from 1853 to 1855 State Bank Commissioner in years. In 1859 Calhoun was elected mayor of Springfield; 1861 to 1862 he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives of his State. He died on November 8, 1865 in Springfield.