Julius Rockwell was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell. Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced practice in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1834 and served four years, three of them as Speaker.

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  • Julius Rockwell was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell. Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced practice in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1834 and served four years, three of them as Speaker. Rockwell was appointed commissioner of the Bank of Massachusetts from 1838 to 1840. In 1842 he successfully ran as a Whig candidate for the House of Representatives and was re-elected three times, serving from 1843 to 1851. He did not seek renomination in 1850. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1853, and was appointed to the Senate in 1854 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Everett, serving from June 3, 1854 to January 31, 1855, when his successor Henry Wilson was elected. Rockwell voted in the electoral college for the Republican candidate John Frémont in the presidential election of 1856. Rockwell returned to his old post of Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1858, until his appointment to the Massachusetts Superior Court in 1859. He retired as a judge in 1886 and died May 19, 1888 in Lenox, Massachusetts, where he is buried.
  • Julius Rockwell, född 26 april 1805 i Colebrook, Connecticut, död 19 maj 1888 i Lenox, Massachusetts, var en amerikansk politiker. Rockwell utexaminerades 1826 från Yale College. Han studerade sedan juridik och inledde 1830 sin karriär som advokat i Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Han var ledamot av 1843-1851. Senator Edward Everett avgick 1854 och Rockwell blev utnämnd till . Han tjänstgjorde i senaten fram till 31 januari 1855 och tillträddes av Henry Wilson. Rockwell var elektor i presidentvalet i USA 1856. Han röstade i elektorskollegiet för republikanen John C. Frémont. Sonen Francis W. Rockwell var republikansk ledamot av representanthuset 1884-1891.
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  • Julius Rockwell was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell. Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced practice in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1834 and served four years, three of them as Speaker.
  • Julius Rockwell, född 26 april 1805 i Colebrook, Connecticut, död 19 maj 1888 i Lenox, Massachusetts, var en amerikansk politiker. Rockwell utexaminerades 1826 från Yale College. Han studerade sedan juridik och inledde 1830 sin karriär som advokat i Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Han var ledamot av 1843-1851. Senator Edward Everett avgick 1854 och Rockwell blev utnämnd till . Han tjänstgjorde i senaten fram till 31 januari 1855 och tillträddes av Henry Wilson.
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