About Caleb Rand Bill
Lived 1806 – 1872 (aged 66). Caleb Rand Bill was a Canadian politician and farmer.
Caleb Rand Bill (9 January 1806 – 1 February 1872) was a member of the Canadian Senate.
Biography Born in Billtown, Nova Scotia, a town founded by his ancestors, he was a farmer before entering politics. In 1828, he married Rebecca Cogswell. He represented Kings County from 1855 to 1859 and the northern region of Kings County from 1863 to 1867 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. A Liberal-Conservative, he was appointed to the Senate on 23 October 1867 by a royal proclamation of Queen Victoria following Canadian Confederation earlier that year. He represented the senatorial division of Nova Scotia until his death. He was also governor for Acadia College, president of the county agricultural society and a member of the school commission.
His son William served as a member of the Nova Scotia assembly.
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Canadian politician (1806-1872)
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Caleb Rand Bill was born on 9 January 1806.
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Caleb Rand Bill died on 1 February 1872.
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Caleb Rand Bill was a politician and farmer.
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Caleb Rand Bill was Canadian.
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