The Political Graveyard: Cumberland County, Maine

Cumberland County
Maine

Cumberland County information:

Population: 265,612 (2000); 243,135 (1990)
Land area 836 square miles.
County seat: Portland
Cumberland County official web site.
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Cumberland County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

The Political Graveyard:

Selected officials of Cumberland County
Politicians who were born in Cumberland County
Politicians who lived in Cumberland County
Politicians who died in Cumberland County
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cumberland County

Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries. If you don't find what you're looking for, check other nearby counties, the unassigned page, or the Gazetteer. Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Selected officials of Cumberland County

(not intended to be complete)

Edward C. Reynolds (Register of Probate, 1889-97) Carroll L. Beedy (Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21)

Forest Hill Cemetery
Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

Luther Franklin McKinney (1841-1922) — also known as Luther F. McKinney — of Manchester, Hillsborough County, N.H.; Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, April 25, 1841. Son of Alexander McKinney and Elizabeth (Miller) McKinney; married, August 1, 1870, to Sharlie Paine Webb. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Universalist minister; furniture merchant; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1887-89, 1891-93; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1892; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1893-96; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1898, 1899; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1907. Universalist. Died July 30, 1922. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

High Street Cemetery
Bridgton, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (1804-1882) — of Maine. Born in Wells, York County, Maine, September 20, 1804. Democrat. Member of Maine state senate, 1837; U.S. Representative from Maine, 1841-43, 1849-51 (5th District 1841-43, 2nd District 1849-51); member of Maine state house of representatives, 1854. Died August 15, 1882. Interment at High Street Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Pine Grove Cemetery
Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

Robert Pinckney Dunlap (1794-1859) — also known as Robert P. Dunlap — of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Maine, August 17, 1794. Democrat. Governor of Maine, 1834-38; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1843-47. Died October 20, 1859. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) — also known as Joshua L. Chamberlain — of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine, September 8, 1828. Son of Joshua Chamberlain and Sarah Dupree (Brastow) Chamberlain; married, December 7, 1855, to Frances Caroline Adams. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Maine, 1867-71; president, Bowdoin College. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; American Historical Association. Received the Medal of Honor in 1893 for action as commander of the 20th Maine, at Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863. Died February 24, 1914. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.
Benjamin Orr (1772-1828) — of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in New Hampshire, 1772. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1817-19. Died in 1828. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Charles Jervis Gilman (1824-1901) — also known as Charles J. Gilman — of Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., February 26, 1824. Grandnephew of John Taylor Gilman and Nicholas Gilman. Republican. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1851; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1854; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1857-59; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1860. Died February 5, 1901. Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery.
- See also Gilman family of New Hampshire
- See also: congressional biography.

Unknown Location
Cumberland, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

Eliphalet Greely — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Whig. Mayor of Portland, Maine, 1843-48. Interment somewhere.

Unknown Location
Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

Frederick Robie (1822-1912) — of Maine. Born August 12, 1822. Great-grandnephew of Levi Lincoln; grandnephew of Levi Lincoln, Jr. and Enoch Lincoln. Governor of Maine, 1883-87. Died February 3, 1912. Interment somewhere.
- See also Lincoln family of Massachusetts
- See also: National Governors Association biography.

Eastern Cemetery
Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

Donald Francis Snow (1877-1958) — also known as Donald F. Snow — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, September 6, 1877. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1929-33. Died in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, February 12, 1958. Original interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine; reinterment at Eastern Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
James Mann (1822-1868) — Born in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, June 22, 1822. Democrat. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1849-50; member of Maine state senate, 1851-53; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1867-68; died in office 1868. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., August 26, 1868. Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Unknown Location
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

James Theodore Marriner (c.1892-1937) — also known as J. Theodore Marriner; Ted Marriner — Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Son of Harriet Cram (Thorpe) Marriner. U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1935-37, died in office 1937. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Shot dead by Mejardich Karayan, an Armenian who thought he had been denied a U.S. visa, in Beirut, Syria (now Lebanon), October 12, 1937; the killer was sentenced to death and hanged soon after. Interment somewhere.

Eastern Cemetery
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1973

Politicians buried here:

John Holmes (1773-1843) — of Alfred, York County, Maine. Born in Kingston, Plymouth County, Mass., March 14, 1773. Father-in-law of Daniel Goodenow; grandfather of John Holmes Goodenow. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1802-03, 1812; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1813-14; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1817-20; delegate to Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1820-27, 1829-33; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1836-37; U.S. Attorney for Maine, 1841-43; died in office 1843. Died July 7, 1843. Entombed at Eastern Cemetery.
- See also Goodenow-Holmes family of Maine
- See also: congressional biography.
George Bradbury (1770-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Mass., October 10, 1770. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1806-12; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 15th District 1815-17); member of Massachusetts state senate, 1820. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 7, 1823. Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Daniel Ilsley (1740-1813) — of Falmouth, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, 1740. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1807-09. Died in 1813. Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
William Widgery (c.1753-1822) — of Massachusetts. Born in Devonshire, England. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1787-93, 1795-97; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1794; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1806-07; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 15th District, 1811-13; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1813-21. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, July 31, 1822. Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Mark Harris (1779-1843) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., January 27, 1779. Member of Massachusetts state senate, 1816; U.S. Representative from Maine at-large, 1822-23; Maine state treasurer, 1828, 1832-34; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1830. Died March 2, 1843. Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Evergreen Cemetery
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1992
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Brackett Reed (1839-1902) — also known as Thomas B. Reed; "Reed the Lion Hearted" — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 18, 1839. Son of Thomas Brackett Reed . Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1868-69; member of Maine state senate, 1870; Maine state attorney general, 1870-72; U.S. Representative from Maine, 1877-99 (1st District 1877-83, at-large 1883-85, 1st District 1885-99); resigned 1899; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1889-91, 1895-99; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1896. Died December 7, 1902. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- Cross-reference: Amos L. Allen
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
- Books about Thomas Reed: Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History
Nathan Clifford (1803-1881) — of Newfield, York County, Maine. Born in Rumney, Grafton County, N.H., August 18, 1803. Grandfather of Nathan Clifford (1867-?). Democrat. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1830; Maine state attorney general, 1834-37; U.S. Representative from Maine, 1839-43 (2nd District 1839-41, 3rd District 1841-43); U.S. Attorney General, 1846-48; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1848-49; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1858-81; died in office 1881. Unitarian. English ancestry. Died in Cornish, York County, Maine, July 25, 1881. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Boscawen, Merrimack County, N.H., October 16, 1806. Brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden and Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden. Whig. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1840-41, 1845-46, 1853-54; delegate to Whig National Convention from Maine, 1840, 1848, 1852; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1841-43; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1854-64, 1865-69; died in office 1869; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1864-65. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, September 8, 1869. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also Fessenden family of Maine
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
Ether Shepley (1789-1877) — of Saco, York County, Maine. Born in Groton, Middlesex County, Mass., November 2, 1789. Father of George Foster Shepley. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1819; delegate to Maine state constitutional convention, 1820; U.S. Attorney for Maine, 1820-33; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1833-36; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1836-48; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1848-55. Died in 1877. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Neal Dow (1804-1897) — also known as "Napoleon of Temperance"; "Father of Prohibition"; "Grand Old Man in the Temperance Cause" — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, March 20, 1804. Son of Josiah Dow (1766-1861) and Dorcas Dow (1773-1851); married, January 20, 1830, to Maria Cornelia Durant Maynard (1808-1883); father of Frederick Neal Dow. Tanning business; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1851, 1855; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1868; Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1880. Quaker. During the Civil War was captured by Confederate forces, imprisoned, and eventually exchanged for Confederate Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, who was a Union prisoner. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 2, 1897. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: Wikipedia article.
William Lebaron Putnam (1835-1918) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, May 26, 1835. Democrat. Mayor of Portland, Maine, 1869-70; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1892-1917. Died February 5, 1918. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
William Widgery Thomas, Jr. (1839-1927) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 26, 1839. Son of William Widgery Thomas and Elizabeth White (Goddard) Thomas; married, October 11, 1887, to Dagmar Törnebladh; married, June 2, 1915, to Mrs. Aina Törnebladh. Republican. Lawyer; brought Swedish colonists to northern Maine, 1870, founding community of New Sweden; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1873-75; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1874-75; member of Maine state senate, 1879; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1880; U.S. Minister to Sweden, 1883-85, 1889-94, 1898-1905. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1927. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
George Foster Shepley (1819-1878) — also known as George F. Shepley — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Saco, York County, Maine, January 1, 1819. Son of Ether Shepley. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Maine, 1848-49, 1853-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1862; Governor of Louisiana; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1868. Episcopalian. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, July 20, 1878. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.
John Appleton (1815-1864) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Beverly, Essex County, Mass., February 11, 1815. Son of John W. Appleton and Sophia (Williams) Appleton; first cousin once removed of William Appleton; married 1840 to Susan Dodge. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1848-49; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1851-53; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1860-61. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 22, 1864. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
Charles Wesley Walton (1819-1900) — also known as Charles W. Walton — of Deering, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Maine, 1819. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1861-62; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1862-97. Died in 1900. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Carroll Lynwood Beedy (1880-1947) — also known as Carroll L. Beedy — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, August 3, 1880. Son of Clarence E. Beedy and Myra Mildred (Page) Beedy; married, April 18, 1914, to Dorothy W. Lathrop. Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-21; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1921-35; defeated, 1934. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Rho; Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis; Moose. Died in Washington, D.C., September 30, 1947. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Robert Hale (1889-1976) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 29, 1889. Son of Clarence Hale and Margaret (Rollins) Hale; cousin of Frederick Hale; married, April 20, 1922, to Agnes Burke. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1923-30; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1929-30; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1943-59; defeated, 1958. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., November 30, 1976. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also Chandler-Hale family
- See also: congressional biography.
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) — of Maine. Born in New Hampshire, 1806. Democrat. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S. Representative from Maine, 1833-39 (2nd District 1833-35, 8th District 1835-37, 6th District 1837-39). Died in 1876. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Asher Crosby Hinds (1863-1919) — also known as Asher C. Hinds — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Benton, Kennebec County, Maine, February 6, 1863. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1911-17. Died in 1919. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
John Jasiel Perry (1811-1897) — also known as John J. Perry — of Oxford, Oxford County, Maine. Born in New Hampshire, 1811. Republican. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1855-57, 1859-61. Died in 1897. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Josiah Hayden Drummond (1827-1902) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, 1827. Republican. Member of Maine state house of representatives; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1857; member of Maine state senate, 1860; Maine state attorney general, 1860-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1864, 1884. Member, Freemasons. Died October 25, 1902. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
John Lynch (1825-1892) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Maine, 1825. Republican. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1865-73. Died in 1892. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Obed Hall (1757-1828) — of New Hampshire. Born in Raynham, Bristol County, Mass., December 23, 1757. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1801-02; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1811-13. Died in Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H., April 1, 1828. Original interment at Garland Ridge Cemetery, Near Bartlett, Carroll County, N.H.; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Joseph Cobham Noyes (1798-1868) — of Maine. Born in Maine, 1798. Member of Maine state legislature; U.S. Representative from Maine 5th District, 1837-39. Died in 1868. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Lorenzo De Medici Sweat (1818-1898) — also known as Lorenzo D. M. Sweat — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Parsonfield, York County, Maine, May 26, 1818. Democrat. Member of Maine state senate, 1862; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1863-65; defeated, 1864, 1866; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1872; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1872-76. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, July 26, 1898. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
George Melville Seiders (1844-1915) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Union, Knox County, Maine, January 15, 1844. Maine state attorney general, 1901-04. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, May 26, 1915. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Elbridge Gerry (1813-1886) — of Maine. Born in Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, December 6, 1813. Grandson of Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814). Democrat. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1846; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1849-51. Died April 10, 1886. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also Gerry family
- See also: congressional biography.
Asa William Henry Clapp (1805-1891) — of Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, March 6, 1805. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1847-49. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, March 22, 1891. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) — also known as James P. Baxter — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, March 23, 1831. Son of Elihu Baxter and Sarah (Cone) Baxter; father of Percival Proctor Baxter. Republican. Author; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1893-96, 1904-05. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, May 8, 1921. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Holman Staples Melcher (d. 1905) — also known as Holman S. Melcher — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Republican. Mayor of Portland, Maine, 1889-91. Died in 1905. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Jacob McLellan — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Republican. Mayor of Portland, Maine, 1863-65, 1868-69. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Francis Fessenden — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Republican. Mayor of Portland, Maine, 1876-77. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

Politicians formerly buried here:

Donald Francis Snow (1877-1958) — also known as Donald F. Snow — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, September 6, 1877. Republican. U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1929-33. Died in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, February 12, 1958. Original interment at Evergreen Cemetery; reinterment at Eastern Cemetery, Gorham, Maine.
- See also: congressional biography.

Western Cemetery
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Prentiss Mellen (1764-1840) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Massachusetts, 1764. U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1818-20; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1820-34. Died in 1840. Interment at Western Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Albion Keith Parris (1788-1857) — also known as Albion K. Parris — of Paris, Oxford County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, January 19, 1788. Cousin of Virgil Delphini Parris. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1813-14; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1814-15; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1815-18 (20th District 1815-17, 7th District 1817-18); resigned 1818; U.S. District Judge for Maine, 1818-20; delegate to Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; probate judge in Maine, 1820-21; Governor of Maine, 1822-27; defeated, 1854; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1827-28; resigned 1828; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1828-36; resigned 1836; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1852. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, February 11, 1857. Interment at Western Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
Stephen Longfellow (1775-1849) — Born in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, June 23, 1775. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1814; U.S. Representative from Maine at-large, 1823-25; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1826. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 2, 1849. Interment at Western Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Hamlin Cemetery
Standish, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

Simon Moulton Hamlin (1866-1939) — also known as Simon M. Hamlin — of South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Standish, Cumberland County, Maine, August 10, 1866. Son of Ebenezer C. Hamlin and Abby M. (Hasty) Hamlin; married 1894 to Luetta Higgins; married 1901 to Anne Wilson Hitchings; married, December 15, 1934, to Evelyn (Field) Ward. Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; mayor of South Portland, Maine, 1933-34; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1935-37; defeated, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1936. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died in South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, July 27, 1939. Interment at Hamlin Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Town Cemetery
Windham, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

John Anderson (1792-1853) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Windham, Cumberland County, Maine, July 30, 1792. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine state senate, 1823; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1825-33; U.S. Attorney for Maine, 1833-37; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1833, 1842; U.S. Collector of Customs for Portland, Maine, 1837-41, 1843-48. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 21, 1853. Interment at Town Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Riverside Cemetery
Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine

Politicians buried here:

Howard Davies — of Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine. Republican. Member of Maine state senate 2nd District, 1919-20. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.

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