. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . in East Provi-dence, Penn., , 1851. His fam-ily on both sideshave been prominentin Pennsylvania fromi t s earliest is the son ofHenry and Mary Ann(Elliott) fitted forcollege at the NewHampton (N. H.)Academy, he enteredDartmouth and wasgraduated in theclass of 1S74. then cameto Massachusetts andstudied law in t h eoffice of Staples &Goulding in Worces-ter, where he wassubsequently ad-mitted to the began the pra
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . in East Provi-dence, Penn., , 1851. His fam-ily on both sideshave been prominentin Pennsylvania fromi t s earliest is the son ofHenry and Mary Ann(Elliott) fitted forcollege at the NewHampton (N. H.)Academy, he enteredDartmouth and wasgraduated in theclass of 1S74. then cameto Massachusetts andstudied law in t h eoffice of Staples &Goulding in Worces-ter, where he wassubsequently ad-mitted to the began the prac-tice of law in Bostonin January, 1876,and has ever since continued in his profession except during the periodfrom May i, 18S8, to Jan. i, 1889, when he was theeditor of the Boston Daily Advertiser. Mr. McCall waselected to represent Winchester in the lower House ofthe Massachusetts Legislature in 1S88 and 1889, thelatter year serving as chairman of the Committee on theJudiciary. He was again returned to the House in 1891,when, as chairman of the Committee on Election Laws,and of the Special Committee on .Administrative Boards. SAMUEL W. McCALL and Commissions, he became one of the Republicanleaders of the House. For several years Mr. McCallhad been actively interested in the legislative movementto provide for a compulsory publication of electionexpenses. .\\. last, largely through his efforts, the billpassed the Legislature of 1892, and became law. It isimpossible to determine now just how effective the lawwill be in purifying political methods, but its results inthe campaign of 1892 were conceded by all to have been most McCall was alsomore or less closelyidentified with manyother importantmeasures, and wasregarded as one ofthe ^ablest debatersi in the House. He enjoyed great per-sonal popularity withhis made a studyof the theory of poli-tics, and particularlyof the suffrage ques-tion, Mr. McCall isconsidered anauthority upon thesubject
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