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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJulius ROCKWELL
(1805-1888)
Senate Years of Service:
1854-1855Party: WhigROCKWELL, Julius, (father
of Francis Williams Rockwell), a Representative and a Senator from
Massachusetts; born in Colebrook, Conn., April 26, 1805; attended
private schools; graduated from Yale College in 1826; studied law;
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pittsfield, Mass., in
1830; member, State house of representatives 1834-1838, and served
three years as speaker; State bank commissioner 1838-1840; elected
as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1851); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1850; delegate to the State constitutional
convention in 1853; appointed to the United States Senate to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Everett and served
from June 3, 1854, to January 31, 1855, when a successor was
elected; presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1856;
member, State house of representatives 1858, and served as speaker;
appointed as judge of the superior court of Massachusetts in 1859
and resigned in 1886; died in Lenox, Berkshire County, Mass., May
19, 1888; interment in Lenox Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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