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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsWilliam Barrett WASHBURN
(1820-1887)
Senate Years of Service:
1874-1875Party: RepublicanWASHBURN, William Barrett,
a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in
Winchendon, Worcester County, Mass., January 31, 1820; attended
Westminster and Hancock Academies and graduated from Yale College
in 1844; employed as a store clerk 1844-1847; engaged in
manufacturing pursuits in Erving, Franklin County, Mass.,
1847-1857; member, State senate 1850; member, State house of
representatives 1853-1855; moved to Greenfield in 1858 and engaged
in banking; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the
four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, to
December 5, 1871, when he resigned, having been elected Governor;
chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-first Congress); Governor of
Massachusetts 1872-1874, when he resigned, having been elected a
Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Sumner and served
from April 17, 1874, to March 3, 1875; was not a candidate for
reelection; president of the Greenfield National Bank; member of
the board of trustees of several colleges; director of the
Connecticut River Railroad; died in Springfield, Hampden County,
Mass., October 5, 1887; interment in Green River Cemetery,
Greenfield, Franklin County, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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