Julius Rockwell

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 .

Life

After receiving an education in private schools, Julius Rockwell attended Yale University , where he studied law, and graduated in 1826. He became a member of the bar and practiced from 1830 in Pittsfield (Massachusetts). His political career began in 1834 when he moved into the Massachusetts House of Representatives , of which he was a member until 1838; For three years he held the office of Speaker of this Chamber of Parliament. From 1838 to 1840 he was a state agent for the Bank of Massachusetts , which later became what is now Bank of America .

Rockwell was a member of the Whigs , for whom he sat from March 4, 1843 in the United States House of Representatives . After being confirmed three times, he waived re-election in 1850. In 1853 he took part as a delegate to the constitutional convention; on June 3 of the following year he took the place of the resigned Edward Everett in the US Senate . As an appointed Senator, he only exercised this mandate until January 31, 1855, when he was succeeded by Henry Wilson , who was victorious in the by-election . After the dissolution of the Whig Party, Rockwell joined the Republicans when he was elected to the Electoral College in the 1856 presidential election . John C. Frémont , who won a majority vote in Massachusetts, was subject to the Democrat James Buchanan nationwide .

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

Web links

• Julius Rockwell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Julius Rockwell in the database of Find a Grave (English)