Samuel H. Walley

Samuel Hurd Walley
Samuel Hurd Walley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Massachusetts's 4th district
	In office; March 4, 1853 – March 4, 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
Resting place	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Mehetable Sumner Bates, d. December 2, 1853.; Ann Gray Hawes
Children	Henshaw Bates Walley, William Phillips Walley
Alma mater	Harvard, 1826
Profession	Attorney, Banker

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.^[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[]

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.^[1] Walley's second wife was Ann Gray Hawes.^[6]

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.^[7] Walley graduated from Harvard in 1826.

Business career[]

After 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[]

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 and burial[]

Walley died at Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, on August 27, 1877. He was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[8]

References[]

United States Congress. "Samuel H. Walley (id: W000087)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Footnotes[]

^ Jump up to: ^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, 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
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Peabody, Andrew Preston (1890), Harvard graduates whom I have known, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, p. 215
^ Samuel H. Walley at Find a Grave

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

Party political offices
Preceded by Emory Washburn	Whig nominee for Governor of Massachusetts 1855	Succeeded by Luther Vose Bell
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Lorenzo Sabine	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Succeeded by Linus B. Comins

[Field1863-1] Jump up to: ^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

[2] Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society: 1871-1880, 7, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907, p. 259

[3] Winsor, Justin (1886), The Memorial History of Boston By Justin Winsor Volume II The Provincial Period, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 552

[4] Peabody, Andrew Preston (1890), Harvard graduates whom I have known, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, p. 214

[5] 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

[6] Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society: 1871-1880 v. 7, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907, p. 259

[Peabody1890-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Peabody, Andrew Preston (1890), Harvard graduates whom I have known, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, p. 215

[8] Samuel H. Walley at Find a Grave

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