Samuel Calley

Samuel Calley (April 13, 1821 – January 1, 1883) was a Massachusetts house painter[1] and politician who served as the eighteenth and twenty second Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1870 to 1871.[1]

Samuel Calley
18th Mayor of
Salem, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1872–1872
Preceded byNathanial Brown
Succeeded byWilliam Cogswell
21st Mayor of
Salem, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1881[1]  1882[1]
Preceded byHenry K. Oliver
Succeeded byWilliam M. Hill
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office
1870[1]  1871[1]
Personal details
BornApril 13, 1821[1]
Salem, Massachusetts[1]
DiedJanuary 1, 1883[1]
Political partyRepublican[1]
ProfessionHouse Painter[1]

Death

Calley committed suicide by hanging himself from a step ladder.[2]

gollark: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/412764872816852994/899001509113626684/unknown.png
gollark: I even have it monitoring some things on my Discord bot.
gollark: Grafana/Prometheus is great, ALL should graph arbitrary information.
gollark: `const things = args.split(/(,| and )/).map(x => x.trim().replace(",", "").replace(/^(an?|the) /, "")).filter(x => x !== "" && x !== "and")`
gollark: I do lots of """"NLP" in my Discord bots and stuff with regexes.

References

  1. Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume I, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., p. 226.
  2. The Boston Globe (January 2, 1883), "SUICIDE IN SALEM. Ex-Mayor Samuel Calley Hangs Himself from a Step-Ladder. Action by the City Council.", The Boston Globe., Boston, MA, p. 4.
Political offices
Preceded by
Nathanial Brown
18th Mayor of
Salem, Massachusetts

1872–1872
Succeeded by
William Cogswell
Preceded by
Henry K. Oliver
21st Mayor of
Salem, Massachusetts

1881–1882
Succeeded by
William M. Hill
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.