Samuel_Calley

Samuel Calley

Samuel Calley

American politician

Samuel Calley (April 13, 1821 – January 1, 1883) was a Massachusetts house painter[1] and politician who served as the eighteenth and twenty second Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1870 to 1871.[1]

Quick Facts 18th and 22nd Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, Preceded by ...

Death

Calley killed himself by hanging from a step ladder.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume I, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., p. 226
  2. [2]
    The Boston Globe (January 2, 1883), "SUICIDE IN SALEM. Ex-Mayor Samuel Calley Hangs Himself from a Step-Ladder. Action by the City Council.", The Boston Globe., Boston, MA, p. 4
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