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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSamuel Hurd WALLEY
(1805-1877)
WALLEY, Samuel Hurd, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., August
31, 1805; attended the common schools and Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass.; attended Yale College in 1822 and was graduated
from Harvard University in 1826; studied law; was admitted to the
Suffolk bar in 1831 and practiced in Boston and Roxbury; engaged in
banking; treasurer of the Vermont Central Railroad; promoter and
first treasurer of the Wisconsin Central Railroad; member of the
State house of representatives in 1836 and 1840-1846, serving as
speaker 1844-1846; corporate member of the American Board of
Commissioners of Foreign Missions 1848-1867; elected as a Whig to
the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth
Congress; unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor of Massachusetts
in 1855; president of the Revere National Bank; died at Nantasket
Beach, Plymouth County, Mass., on August 27, 1877; interment in
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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