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.
Samuel Hurd Walley | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Sabine |
| Succeeded by | Linus Bacon Comins |
| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1844–1846 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Kinnicut |
| Succeeded by | Ebenezer Bradbury |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Norfolk District | |
| In office 1840–1846 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Norfolk District | |
| In office 1836–1836 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 31, 1805 |
| Died | August 27, 1877 (aged 71) Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, US |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Mehetable Sumner Bates, d. December 2, 1853.[1] Ann Gray Hawes[2] |
| Children | Henshaw Bates Walley, William Phillips Walley |
| Alma mater | Harvard, 1826 |
| Profession | Attorney, Banker |
Early life
editWalley was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Hall Walley and Miriam (Phillips) Walley.[3] Walley was the grandson of William Phillips, Jr., Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1812 to 1823,[4] and was a descendant of Rev. George Phillips of Watertown, the progenitor of the New England Phillips family in America.[5]
Family
editWalley 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.[1] Walley's second wife was Ann Gray Hawes.[6]
Education
editWalley 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.[7] Walley graduated from Harvard in 1826.
Business career
editAfter he left college Walley studied law and was admitted[7] 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.[7] Walley was involved in the creation of the Revere National Bank, and from 1870 until his death he served as its first President.[7]
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.[7]
Political offices
editWalley 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
editWalley died at Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, on August 27, 1877.
See also
editReferences
edit- United States Congress. "Samuel H. Walley (id: W000087)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b Field, David D. (1863), Brief memoirs of the members of the class graduated at Yale College in September, 1802., Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 65
- ^ Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society: 1871-1880, vol. 7, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907, p. 259
- ^ Winsor, Justin (1886), The Memorial History of Boston By Justin Winsor Volume II The Provincial Period, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 552
- ^ Peabody, Andrew Preston (1890), Harvard graduates whom I have known, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, p. 214
- ^ 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
- ^ Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society: 1871-1880 v. 7, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907, p. 259
- ^ a b c d e Peabody, Andrew Preston (1890), Harvard graduates whom I have known, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, p. 215
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress