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 governor of the state of Massachusetts from 1916 to 1919 . Between 1893 and 1913 he represented his state in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Samuel McCall attended Mount Carroll Seminary in Illinois and then until 1870 the New Hampton Academy in New Hampshire . He then studied at Dartmouth College until 1874 . After completing a law degree and admission to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Worcester and later in Boston . In Boston McCall also got into the newspaper business. He became the publisher of the Boston Daily Advertiser newspaper.

Political career

McCall became a member of the Republican Party . From 1888 to 1889 and again in 1892 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . In 1888, 1900 and 1916 he was a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions . Between March 4, 1893 and March 3, 1913, McCall was a member of the US Congress . There he was temporarily chairman of an election committee ( Committee on Elections No. 3 ). In 1915 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

After returning from Washington, DC , he returned to practice as a lawyer. On November 2, 1915 he was elected governor of his state with 47:46 percent of the vote against the Democratic incumbent David I. Walsh . After he was confirmed in his office in the following two years, he was able to rule as governor between January 6, 1916 and January 2, 1919. His tenure was marked by the events of World War I , to which Massachusetts also had to make its contribution. This meant the rationing of food and fuel, the conversion of production to armaments and the drafting of young men for the armed forces. McCall's Lieutenant Governor Calvin Coolidge was to succeed him in November 1918. Coolidge later became Vice President and President of the United States .

Another résumé

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

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SURNAME	McCall, Samuel W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	McCall, Samuel Walker (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 28, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH	East Providence , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	November 4, 1923
Place of death	Winchester , Massachusetts