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Calhoun, William Barron

law-- yer, congressman, was born Dec. 29, 1796, in Boston, Mass. He was a member of the state legislature from 1825 to 1835,. and speaker for two years. He was a representative in congress, from his native state, from 1835 to 1843; president of the state senate in 1846 and 1847; sec-- retary of state from 1848 to 1851; bank commissioner from 1853 to 1855; presidential elector in 1844; and mayor of Spring-- field in 1859. He died Nov. 8, 1865, in Springfield, Mass.