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WILLEY, Calvin, senator, born in East Haddam, Connecticut, 15 September, 1776; died in Stafford, Connecticut, 23 August, 1858. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1798, and began practice at Salford. He served in the state house of representatives for nine successive years and in the state senate for two years, was postmaster at Stafford Springs in 1806-'8, and afterward at Tolland till 1816, and for seven years filled the office of probate judge for the Stafford district. He was a presidential elector in 1824, voting for John Quincy Adams, and was elected a United States senator, serving from 9 December, 1825, till 3 March, 1831. At the end of his term he resumed practice at Stafford.
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