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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsFrancis Williams ROCKWELL
(1844-1929)
ROCKWELL, Francis
Williams, (son of Julius Rockwell), a Representative from
Massachusetts; born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., on May
26, 1844; attended the public schools and Edwards Place School,
Stockbridge, Mass.; was graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College in
1868 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1871;
commenced the practice of law in Pittsfield in 1871; appointed one
of the special justices of the district court of central Berkshire
in 1873, resigning in 1875; served in the State house of
representatives in 1879; served in the State senate in 1881 and
1882; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of George D. Robinson;
reelected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses
and served from January 17, 1884, to March 3, 1891; unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress;
resumed the practice of law in Pittsfield, Mass., until 1916 when
he retired; president of the City Savings Bank 1893-1916; delegate
to the Republican National Convention in 1900; member of the
Greylock Reservation Commission 1898-1926; died in Pittsfield,
Mass., June 26, 1929; interment in Pittsfield Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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