Life span: 08/28/1811 to 08/08/1896TabsLife SummaryFull name: Calvin Clifford ChaffeePlace of Birth: Saratoga Springs, NYBurial Place: Springfield, MABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 7No. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 2Family: Calvin Chaffee (father), Elizabeth Hall Chaffee (mother), Clara Nourse (first wife), Irene Sanford Emerson (second wife - 1850)Education: OtherOther Education: Middlebury College, VTOccupation: PoliticianDoctor, Dentist or NurseChurch or Religious Denomination: BaptistOtherOther Religion: CongregationalistPolitical Parties: RepublicanAmerican Party (Know Nothings or Nativists)Other Affiliations: Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)Nativists (Know Nothings)Government: US House of Representatives Note Cards Calvin Clifford Chaffee (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceCHAFFEE, Calvin Clifford, a Representative from Massachusetts; born at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on August 28, 1811; attended the common schools; studied medicine, and was graduated from the medical school of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., in 1835; settled in Springfield, Mass., where he began the practice of his profession; elected on the American Party ticket to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for renomination in 1858; librarian of the House of Representatives 1860-1862; settled in Washington, D.C., and engaged in the practice of medicine until 1876, when he moved to Springfield, Mass.; president of the Union Relief Association 1880-1893; died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., on August 8, 1896; interment in Springfield Cemetery. “Chaffee, Calvin Clifford,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000270. Events Major TopicsDred Scott CaseKnow NothingsCaning of Sumner Documents Subject Docs Date Title 03/14/1857 Boston (MA) Herald, “Dred Scott,” March 14, 1857 05/27/1857 New York Times, “Emancipation of Dred Scott and Family,” May 27, 1857 06/03/1857 New York Times, “The Emancipation of Dred Scott,” June 3, 1857 Bibliography
Calvin Clifford Chaffee (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceCHAFFEE, Calvin Clifford, a Representative from Massachusetts; born at Saratoga Springs, N.Y., on August 28, 1811; attended the common schools; studied medicine, and was graduated from the medical school of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., in 1835; settled in Springfield, Mass., where he began the practice of his profession; elected on the American Party ticket to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); was not a candidate for renomination in 1858; librarian of the House of Representatives 1860-1862; settled in Washington, D.C., and engaged in the practice of medicine until 1876, when he moved to Springfield, Mass.; president of the Union Relief Association 1880-1893; died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., on August 8, 1896; interment in Springfield Cemetery. “Chaffee, Calvin Clifford,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000270.
