. History of Worcester and its people . ng time all his eloquence andenergy were brought to bear in support of the Union, and he accomplished muchin public addresses to arouse public opinion, encouraging enlistment and aidingloyally Governor Andrew and President Lincoln in suppressing rebellion. In 1862he was unanimously elected speaker of the House, and in the following jear wasre-elected with but three opposing votes. In 1864 and 1865 he was unanimouslyre-elected speaker. Mr. Bullock was unanimously nominated as the Republican candidate for gover-nor at the state convention held in Worcester
. History of Worcester and its people . ng time all his eloquence andenergy were brought to bear in support of the Union, and he accomplished muchin public addresses to arouse public opinion, encouraging enlistment and aidingloyally Governor Andrew and President Lincoln in suppressing rebellion. In 1862he was unanimously elected speaker of the House, and in the following jear wasre-elected with but three opposing votes. In 1864 and 1865 he was unanimouslyre-elected speaker. Mr. Bullock was unanimously nominated as the Republican candidate for gover-nor at the state convention held in Worcester, September 14. 1863, and was elected byan overwhelming majority of 50,000; re-elected twice, serving from January, 1866,to January, 1869, declining to accept another term. In 1869 he visited Europe. In1874 he refused to be a candidate for Congress in his district. Many other oppor-tunities for public service in the state and nation came to him. He declined theoffer of President Hayes to appoint him Minister to England in January fU^. M (f^^^^^-^->~-^^^ AND ITS PEOPLE 17 After his return from a third European trip in 1880, he was elected president of theWorcester County Institution for Savings, director of the Worcester National Batik,president of the State ilutual Life Assurance Company, chairman of the commis-sioners of the Sinking Fund of the city and of the financial committee of the trusteesof Amherst College, but his career was cut short by death two years later. He wasstricken while on his way home and fell dead at the corner of Chestnut andElm streets. In 1853 Mr. Bullock was appointed commissioner of insolvency, and after thelaw was changed was appointed in 1856 judge of the Court of Insolvency, an officehe resigned in 1858. He received the honorary degree of LL. D. from . also from Harvard College. He was a great friend of learning and publiceducation. Governor Bullock was gifted with all graces of oratory, fluent in ,forcible in argume
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