Samuel H. Walley

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Samuel Hurd Walley (August 31, 1805 – August 27, 1877) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a member of the U.S. representative from Massachusetts.

Early life

Walley was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Hall Walley and Miriam (Phillips) Walley.[1] Walley was the grandson of William Phillips, Jr., Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1812 to 1823,[2] and was a descendant of Rev. George Phillips of Watertown, the progenitor of the New England Phillips family in America.[3]

Family

Walley was married twice. Walley married his first wife Mehetable Sumner Bates on October 14, 1829, they had ten children, Mehetable Walley died December 2, 1853.[4] Walley's second wife was Ann Gray Hawes.[5]

Education

Walley attended the common schools and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Walley attended Yale College in 1822. Walley entered Harvard at the beginning of his sophomore year.[6] Walley graduated from Harvard in 1826.

Business career

After he left college Walley studied law and was admitted[6] to the Suffolk bar in 1831. Walley practiced in Boston and Roxbury.

Walley engaged in banking, he took a prominent part in the organization of the Suffolk Savings Bank.[6] Walley was involved in the creation of the Revere National Bank, and from 1870 until his death he served as its first President.[6]

Walley was involved in railroad development he was the Treasurer of the Vermont Central Railroad, treasurer of the Ogdensburg railroad and a promoter and first treasurer of the Wisconsin Central Railroad.[6]

Political offices

Walley served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1836 and 1840–1846, serving as speaker 1844–1846. Walley served as a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1848–1867.

Walley was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). Walley was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress. Walley was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1855.

Death

Walley died at Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, on August 27, 1877.

See also

References

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Footnotes

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  3. ↑ Bond, Henry and Jones, Horatio. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1860, pgs. 872-882
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