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Politician members in Maine

  Will Clough Atkins (1873-1943) — also known as Will C. Atkins — of Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine, August 25, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; director, Maine Trust & Banking Co.; People's National Bank; Gardiner Building & Loan Assoc.; mayor of Gardiner, Maine, 1907-08; municipal judge in Maine, 1910. Universalist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died October 30, 1943 (age 70 years, 66 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin H. Atkins and Mary E. (Clough) Atkins; married, May 14, 1901, to Alice M. (Goud) Tasker.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Butler Barnes (1904-1979) — also known as George B. Barnes — of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Norway, Oxford County, Maine, October 17, 1904. Republican. Lawyer; Aroostook County State's Attorney, 1933-39; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1943-46; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Maine state senate, 1947-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1952. Baptist. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, August 8, 1979 (age 74 years, 295 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Putnam Barnes and Annie (Richardson) Barnes; married to Ada Flora Wheeler.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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. 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 (age 67 years, 58 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Clarence E. Beedy and Myra Mildred (Page) Beedy; married, April 18, 1914, to Dorothy W. Lathrop.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Harry Belliveu (b. 1880) — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, November 7, 1880. Democrat. Merchant; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1928. Catholic. Member, Maccabees; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles A. Belliveu and Sarah (Lessard) Belliveu; married 1900 to Mary Labbe.
Alvin M. Bentley Alvin Morell Bentley (1918-1969) — also known as Alvin M. Bentley — of Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 30, 1918. Republican. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1953-61; defeated, 1962; wounded in an attack by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the House of Representatives, March 1, 1954; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1960; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from 15th Senatorial District, 1961-62; candidate for Michigan state board of education, 1964; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1966-69; appointed 1966; died in office 1969. Congregationalist. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Exchange Club; Theta Delta Chi; Optimist Club; Rotary; Kiwanis. Died in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., April 10, 1969 (age 50 years, 223 days). Entombed at Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Alvin Morell Bentley and Helen (Patterson) Bentley; married to Arvella Ann Duescher; father of Alvin M. Bentley Jr..
  Cross-reference: Robert L. Richardson, Jr.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58
  Benjamin Louis Berman (1892-1967) — also known as Benjamin L. Berman — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine; Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, November 22, 1892. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for mayor of Lewiston, Maine, 1926; probate judge in Maine, 1929-33; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1945; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1948. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Elks; American Bar Association; B'nai B'rith. Died in 1967 (age about 74 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Herman I. Berman and Bella (Markson) Berman.
  George Herbert Blethen (b. 1865) — also known as George H. Blethen — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, April 2, 1865. Republican. Mayor of Rockland, Maine, 1911-13; postmaster. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Blethen and Mary J. (Durgin) Blethen; married, September 23, 1888, to Marietta S. Rawson.
  Louis Jefferson Brann (1876-1948) — also known as Louis J. Brann — of Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Madison, Somerset County, Maine, July 6, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; Androscoggin County Register of Probate, 1909-13; municipal judge in Maine, 1913-15; mayor of Lewiston, Maine, 1915-17, 1922-25; member of Maine state house of representatives from Androscoggin County, 1919-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1924, 1936, 1940, 1944; Governor of Maine, 1933-37; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maine, 1936, 1940; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1942. Christian Scientist. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Grange; Lions. Died February 3, 1948 (age 71 years, 212 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Charles M. Brann and Nancy (Lancaster) Brann; married, March 8, 1902, to Martha Cobb.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) — also known as Owen Brewster — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, February 22, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; counsel for Chapman National Bank, Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18, 1921-22; member of Maine state senate, 1923-25; Governor of Maine, 1925-29; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956 (member, Credentials Committee). Christian Scientist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Grange; Odd Fellows; Elks; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Edmund Brewster and Carrie S. (Bridges) Brewster; married, April 20, 1915, to Dorothy Foss.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Luther G. Bunker (b. 1868) — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Trenton, Hancock County, Maine, March 19, 1868. Republican. Physician; mayor of Waterville, Maine, 1907-09; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1922-28. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John E. Bunker and Mary A. (Alley) Bunker; married, June 22, 1904, to Emily H. Plaisted.
  Patrick Joseph Byrnes (b. 1870) — also known as Patrick J. Byrnes — of Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Born in Kenmars, County Kerry, Ireland, June 16, 1870. Democrat. Real estate and insurance business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1928, 1940, 1944 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1948; delegate to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Penobscot County, 1933. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph R. Byrnes and Anne (O'Shea) Byrnes; married, September 20, 1905, to Julia E. Hickson.
  John H. Carkin (b. 1853) — of Medford, Jackson County, Ore. Born in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, November 18, 1853. Republican. Member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1913, 1923-27; Speaker of the Oregon State House of Representatives, 1927. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 29, 1919, to Vida Turner.
  John William Connellan (b. 1868) — also known as John W. Connellan — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 21, 1868. Democrat. Physician; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1916, 1928 (alternate). Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Connellan and Mary N. (Rynne) Connellan; married, June 16, 1914, to Ella A. Coffey.
  William A. Connellan (b. 1878) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, July 14, 1878. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1912. Catholic. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Connellan and Rynne Connellan; married, June 4, 1909, to Rosemary O'Neill.
  Daniel W. Cony (1882-1940) — also known as Dan W. Cony — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, February, 1882. Democrat. Grocer; insurance business; city clerk; Maine Democratic state chair, 1925; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks. Died in 1940 (age about 58 years). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Catherine Mary (Ryan) Cony and Roger Daniel Cony; married, January 23, 1912, to Mary Fields Doyle.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur Daviau (b. 1870) — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Warwick, Canada, October 19, 1870. Democrat. Grocer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1916. Catholic. Member, Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph D. Daviau and Victoria (Rouillard) Daviau; married, February 5, 1898, to Sadie Pomerleau.
  Charles L. Donahue (b. 1876) — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, August 19, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Maine, 1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1924 (member, Credentials Committee). Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas F. Donahue and Bessie A. (Hayes) Donahue; married, October 9, 1911, to Helen K. Cunningham.
  James Edward Drake (b. 1871) — also known as J. Edward Drake — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, December 9, 1871. Republican. Insurance business; president, Kennebec Eastern Steamboat Co.; director, First National Bank of Bath; mayor of Bath, Maine, 1918-20; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1923-26. Congregationalist. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James B. Drake and Georgianna (Lincoln) Drake; married, July 23, 1913, to Eleanor J. Dickson.
  Frederick Harold Dubord (b. 1891) — also known as F. Harold Dubord — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, December 14, 1891. Democrat. Clothing and shoe business; lawyer; mayor of Waterville, Maine, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1932-48; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maine, 1934; candidate for Governor of Maine, 1936; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1938; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1956-62; resigned 1962. Catholic. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; Lambda Chi Alpha; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harry M. Dubord and Mary (Poulin) Dubord; married, May 14, 1917, to Blanche Letourneau.
  Roscoe C. Emery (b. 1886) — of Eastport, Washington County, Maine. Born in Eastport, Washington County, Maine, March 28, 1886. Republican. School principal; partner in Emery Bros. fish packing firm; newspaper publisher; member of Maine state senate 15th District, 1921-24; mayor of Eastport, Maine, 1928-31, 1935-36. Methodist. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias; Rotary; Zeta Psi. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Roscoe Conkling
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Emery and Josephine (Holmes) Emery; married, October 22, 1919, to Vera G. Leonard.
  Harry Friedman (b. 1883) — of Grafton, Taylor County, W.Va. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, February 4, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Taylor County Democratic Party, 1940-41; member of West Virginia state senate 14th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941. Jewish. Member, Sigma Nu; Freemasons; Elks; Moose. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Faibel Friedman and Fannie Friedman; married, January 17, 1923, to Florence Greensfelder.
  William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) — also known as William T. Gardiner — of Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 12, 1892. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion, traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Military Order of the World Wars; Sons of Union Veterans; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows; Grange; American Bar Association. Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in midair, and crashed in Schnecksville, Lehigh County, Pa., August 2, 1953 (age 61 years, 51 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner and Alice (Bangs) Gardiner; married, September 16, 1916, to Margaret Thomas; second great-grandson of Robert H. Gardiner.
  Cross-reference: Edward E. Chase
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) — also known as Angier L. Goodwin — of Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, January 30, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1929-41; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55; defeated, 1954; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Grange; Zeta Psi. Died in Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass., June 20, 1975 (age 94 years, 141 days). Interment at Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Mass.
  Relatives: Married 1905 to Eleanor Hardy Stone.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Henry E. Goss (b. 1875) — of Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine. Born in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, June 4, 1875. Democrat. Mayor of Auburn, Maine, 1920-21. Universalist. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Almon L. Goss and Mary A. (Pettingill) Goss; married to Margaret D. Dickson.
  William Thomas Haines (1854-1919) — also known as William T. Haines — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Levant, Penobscot County, Maine, August 7, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; lumber business; Kennebec County Attorney, 1883-87; member of Maine state senate, 1889-93; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1895; Maine state attorney general, 1897-1900; member of Maine Governor's Council, 1901-05; Governor of Maine, 1913-15; defeated, 1914. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Died in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, June 4, 1919 (age 64 years, 301 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas J. Haines and Maria L. (Eddy) Haines.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Fletcher Hale (1883-1931) — of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, January 22, 1883. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1925-31; died in office 1931. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; American Bar Association. Died in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 22, 1931 (age 48 years, 273 days). Interment at Union Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Fletcher Hale and Adelaide L. (MacLellan) Hale; married, March 29, 1913, to Alice N. Armstrong.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Justus Greeley Hanson (b. 1870) — also known as Justus G. Hanson — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in China, Kennebec County, Maine, January 11, 1870. Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts. Universalist. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Elihu Hanson and Minerva K. (Starrett) Hanson; married, October 3, 1900, to Louise T. Greig.
  Frank H. Haskell (b. 1871) — of Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Windham, Cumberland County, Maine, July 1, 1871. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1901-02; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1920; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from Maine, 1930. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles A. Haskell and Hannah A. (Libby) Haskell; married, April 27, 1901, to Martha W. Howe.
  George Holbrook Hawes (1904-2002) — also known as George Hawes — of Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; Carson City, Nev. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, May 10, 1904. School teacher; automobile dealer; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1951-55; defeated, 1958 (Republican), 1972 (Democratic); candidate in Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1954. Member, Rotary; Elks. Member of an elected hospital board in 1988-98, making him probably the oldest elected official in the history of Nevada. Died, at the Evergreen Healthcare Center nursing home, Carson City, Nev., April 9, 2002 (age 97 years, 334 days). Burial location unknown.
  Ira Greenlief Hersey (1858-1943) — also known as Ira G. Hersey — of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Hodgdon, Aroostook County, Maine, March 31, 1858. Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Maine, 1886; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Maine state senate, 1913-16; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1917-29; Aroostook County Probate Judge, 1934-42. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., May 6, 1943 (age 85 years, 36 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel B. Hersey and Elizabeth (White) Hersey; married, January 6, 1884, to Annie Dillen.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Moulton Ingraham (b. 1870) — also known as William M. Ingraham — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 2, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Maine, 1907-15; mayor of Portland, Maine, 1915; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1917; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1928; delegate to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cumberland County, 1933. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Psi Upsilon; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Darius Holbrook Ingraham and Ella (Moulton) Ingraham; married, June 1, 1901, to Jessamine P. Damsel.
  Edwin Marshall Irish (b. 1848) — also known as Edwin M. Irish — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, June 11, 1848. Republican. Lawyer; Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-80; Adjutant General of Michigan, 1897-98; resigned 1898; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. Member, Elks; United Spanish War Veterans. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Marshall Irish and Martha (Fogg) Irish.
  Arnold Hallett Jones (b. 1858) — also known as Arnold H. Jones — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, 1858. Republican. Mayor of Rockland, Maine, 1907. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Jones and Jane Jones; married 1882 to Caro S. Fiske.
  Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known as Horatio C. King — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, December 22, 1837. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressive candidate for New York state comptroller, 1912. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa. Received Medal of Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29, 1865. Died November 15, 1918 (age 80 years, 328 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Horatio King and Anne (Collins) King; married 1862 to Emma C. Stebbins; married 1866 to Esther A. Howard; grandfather of Constance Gray (who married Merwin Kimball Hart).
  Political family: Hart family of New York.
  Paul Richard LePage (b. 1948) — also known as Paul LePage — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, October 9, 1948. Republican. General manager, Marden's Surplus and Salvage; mayor of Waterville, Maine, 2004-11; resigned 2011; Governor of Maine, 2011-19. Catholic. French Canadian ancestry. Member, Elks; Rotary. Still living as of 2019.
  Relatives: Son of Gerard LePage and Teresa LePage.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail — Encyclopedia of American Loons
  Melville P. Milliken (b. 1848) — of Stockholm, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, October 21, 1848. Democrat. Boot and shoe salesman; lumber business; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1900; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1912, 1916. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Peletiah Milliken and Elizabeth (Clay) Milliken; married 1869 to Sarah K. Cook; married to H. Jennie Fowler.
  Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) — also known as Edmund S. Muskie; "Mr. Clean" — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, March 28, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1952-54; Governor of Maine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1956, 1964; speaker, 1988; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972; U.S. Secretary of State, 1980-81. Catholic. Polish ancestry. Member, Lions; Elks; Amvets; Phi Beta Kappa. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981. Died of a heart attack, in Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., March 26, 1996 (age 81 years, 364 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Cross-reference: Tom Allen — George J. Mitchell — Richard Bayard
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Malcolm Edwin Nichols (1876-1951) — also known as Malcolm E. Nichols — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, May 8, 1876. Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1907-09; member of Massachusetts state senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1914, 1917-19; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Massachusetts, 1921-25; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1926-30; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941. Swedenborgian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died, of a heart attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 7, 1951 (age 74 years, 275 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen Jane Guthrage (Pingree) Nichols; married, December 16, 1915, to Edith M. Williams.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William R. Pattangall William Robinson Pattangall (1865-1942) — also known as William R. Pattangall — of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, June 29, 1865. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1897, 1901, 1909-11; Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine, 1904 (4th District), 1913 (3rd District), 1914 (3rd District); member of Maine Democratic State Committee, 1905-07; mayor of Waterville, Maine, 1911-14; Maine state attorney general, 1911-12, 1915-16; Maine Democratic state chair, 1916, 1919; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1920, 1924 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee); Democratic candidate for Governor of Maine, 1922, 1924; justice of Maine state supreme court, 1926-30; appointed 1926; chief justice of Maine state supreme court, 1930-35; appointed 1930; resigned 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936 (member, Resolutions Committee); president, Depositors Trust Co.. Unitarian. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died October 21, 1942 (age 77 years, 114 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Ezra Lincoln Pattangall and Arethusa B. (Longfellow) Pattangall; married, June 6, 1884, to Jean M. Johnson; married, September 27, 1892, to Gertrude McKenzie.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Emery John San Souci (1857-1936) — also known as Emery J. San Souci — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Saco, York County, Maine, July 24, 1857. Republican. Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1915-21; Governor of Rhode Island, 1921-23; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1923-32. Member, Knights of Columbus; Elks; Eagles. Died August 10, 1936 (age 79 years, 17 days). Interment at Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Blaine Spooner Viles (b. 1879) — also known as Blaine S. Viles — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in North New Portland, New Portland, Somerset County, Maine, July 22, 1879. Republican. Director of Augusta Trust Company and Fidelity Trust Company of Portland; director of Kennebec Log Driving Co.; director and treasurer, Kennebec Land Co.; president and treasurer, Pine Tree Timberlands Co.; partner, Viles and Gannett, timberlands; mayor of Augusta, Maine, 1915-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1920; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1921. Congregationalist. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Foresters. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Viles and Ada A. (Spooner) Viles; married, June 30, 1904, to Ethel Johnson.
  Charles E. West (b. 1871) — of South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 20, 1871. Republican. Mayor of South Portland, Maine, 1914-18. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Charles L. West and Pamelia (Simmons) West; married, July 19, 1899, to Elizabeth Loring.
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The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.
 
  The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.  
  The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.  
  Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.  
  The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/elks.html.  
  Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.  
  If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.  
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 8, 2023.

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