WILLIAM BARRON CALHOUN

Calhoun, William Barron (1796-1865), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 29, 1796; was graduated from Yale College in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Springfield; member of the State house of representatives 1825-1834, serving as speaker 1828-1834; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and as a Whig to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee on Private Land Claims (Twenty-sixth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; member of the State senate in 1846 and 1847, serving as its president; secretary of State of Massachusetts 1848-1851; State bank commissioner 1853-1855; mayor of Springfield in 1859; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1861 and 1862; died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., November 8, 1865; interment in Springfield Cemetery.
Parents: Andrew Calhoun, Margaret Chamberlain
Spouse: Margaret Howard Kingsbury
Born: 11 Apr 1811 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Died: 7 May 1877 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marriage: 11 May 1837 Edit
Children Sex Birth
Martha Chamberlain Calhoun F 27 Feb 1838 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
William Andrew Calhoun M 5 May 1841 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Charles K Calhoun M 30 Mar 1844 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Sources:
U.S. Federal Census
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell