Julius Rockwell (April 26, 1805May 19, 1888) was a United States politician from

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, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell. Rockwell was born in

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and educated at private schools and then

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, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced practice in

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. He was elected a member of the

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in 1834 and served four years, three of them as

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. Rockwell was appointed commissioner of the

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from 1838 to 1840. In 1842 he successfully ran as a Whig candidate for the

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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

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, serving from June 3, 1854 to January 31, 1855, when his successor

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was elected. Rockwell voted in the electoral college for the

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candidate John C. Frémont in the presidential election of 1856. Rockwell returned to his old post of

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in 1858, until his appointment to the

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in 1859. He retired as a judge in 1886 and died May 19, 1888 in Lenox, Massachusetts, where he is buried.

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