Caleb William Loring

author

Caleb William Loring

1819–1897

A Boston lawyer, businessman, and constitutional writer, he is best remembered for a late-19th-century work arguing against nullification and secession. His life joined the worlds of law, industry, and public debate in Massachusetts.

1 Audiobook

Nullification, Secession, Webster's Argument, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Considered in Reference to the Constitution and Historically

Nullification, Secession, Webster's Argument, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Considered in Reference to the Constitution and Historically

by Caleb William Loring

About the author

Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1819, he was the son of lawyer Charles Greely Loring. He studied at Harvard, trained in law, and went on to practice in Boston, building a reputation as an eminent member of the Boston bar.

Alongside his legal work, he was active in business and served as president of the Plymouth Cordage Company. That mix of legal and industrial experience helped shape his public writing, which focused on American constitutional questions.

He is chiefly known as the author of Nullification, Secession, Webster's Argument, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1893), a book that examined the constitutional and historical arguments around union and states' rights. He died in Camden, South Carolina, in 1897.