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Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844) —
of Damariscotta Mills, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine, April
27, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1831-35; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Portugal, 1835-41; member of Maine
state senate, 1842; Governor of
Maine, 1843-44.
Catholic.
First
Catholic member of Congress from New England.
Died January
22, 1844 (age 48 years, 270
days).
Interment at St.
Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Damariscotta Mills, Damariscotta,
Maine.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton, White Pine
County, Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April
22, 1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Kent (1802-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
8, 1802.
Lawyer; mayor of
Bangor, Maine, 1836-37; Governor of
Maine, 1838-39, 1841-42; defeated, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841; U.S.
Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1849-53; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1856
(speaker);
justice
of Maine state supreme court, 1859-73.
Died of heart
failure, in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, May 19,
1877 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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David Kidder (1787-1860) —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine; Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Dresden, Lincoln
County, Maine, December
8, 1787.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7th
District 1825-27); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1829.
Died in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, November
1, 1860 (age 72 years, 329
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Weston Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Kidder and Hannah (Whittier) Eastman Kidder; married, July 1,
1812, to Lucy Weston; first cousin once removed of Pascal
Paoli Kidder; first cousin thrice removed of Mary
Rose Kidder; first cousin four times removed of Chester
Merton Bliss and George
Walter Bliss; second cousin thrice removed of Harry
Gilman Clough and Raphael
Floyd Clough; third cousin of Isaiah
Kidder, Lyman
Kidder and Ezra
Kidder; third cousin once removed of Charles
Stetson, Alvan
Kidder, Francis
Kidder, Ira
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, Arba
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Isaiah
Stetson, Jefferson
Parish Kidder, Jeremiah
A. Clough and Edward
Hamlin Clough; third cousin twice removed of Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland, Lyman
Kidder Bass, Nathan
Parker Kidder, Silas
Wright Kidder, Daniel
S. Kidder and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson; third cousin thrice removed of William
Dean Kellogg, Stafford
Canning Cleveland, Delos
Abiel Blodgett, Isaac
Newton Blodgett, Fannie
Kidder Tyler, Charles
Stetson Wilson, Harvey
Edward Kidder, Lyman
Metcalfe Bass, Clarence
Patch Kidder, David
Morrill Clough, Clarence
Cutting Stetson and Harley
Walter Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Barrett Crosby, William
Bradbury Small, George
W. Clough, Harlan
Page Andrews, Darvin
Pratt Clough and William
Rockwell Clough. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Angus Stanley King Jr. (b. 1944) —
also known as Angus S. King —
of Maine.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., March
31, 1944.
Lawyer; Governor of
Maine, 1995-2003; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 2013-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2019.
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Arno Warren King (1855-1918) —
also known as Arno W. King —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born August
2, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1907-18; died in office 1918.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died July 21,
1918 (age 62 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Rufus King (1755-1827) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Scarborough, Cumberland
County, Maine, March
24, 1755.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate for President
of the United States, 1816.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y., April
29, 1827 (age 72 years, 36
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Nathan Knight (1817-1886) —
of Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Otisfield, Cumberland County (now Oxford
County), Maine, July 14,
1817.
Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District,
1877-80.
Died in Bay
County, Mich., December
28, 1886 (age 69 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Freeman Tulley Knowles (1846-1910) —
also known as Freeman Knowles —
of Denison, Crawford
County, Iowa; Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Harmony, Somerset
County, Maine, October
10, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1897-99.
Died in Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak., June 1,
1910 (age 63 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
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Hiram Knowles (1834-1911) —
of Nevada; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
18, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Nevada, 1864; justice of
Montana territorial supreme court, 1868-69; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1884; delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1890-1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died April 6,
1911 (age 77 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick W. Knowlton (1856-1925) —
of Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Sangerville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1908,
1916
(alternate).
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of appendicitis,
in Penobscot General Hospital,
Old Town, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
12, 1925 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Lawndale
Cemetery, Old Town, Maine.
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Hosea Merrill Knowlton (b. 1847) —
also known as Hosea M. Knowlton —
of New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Durham, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 20,
1847.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1876-77; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1878-79; Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1894-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Case Knowlton and Mary Smith (Wellington) Knowlton; married,
May
22, 1873, to Sylvia B. Almy. |
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William J. Knowlton —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Starks, Somerset
County, Maine.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1890.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hiram Knowlton and Sabrina W. Knowlton; married to Vetto C.
Tibbetts. |
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Fred H. Lancaster (b. 1885) —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine, June 25,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1936,
1940;
Maine
Democratic state chair, 1937-39.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry K. Lancaster and Mary E. (Higgins) Lancaster; married, December
25, 1912, to Amy E. Bartlett. |
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Artemas Libbey (1823-1894) —
of Albion, Kennebec
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Freedom, Waldo
County, Maine, January
8, 1823.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1853; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1856; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1875-94; died in office 1894.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
15, 1894 (age 71 years, 66
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Charles Freeman Libby (1844-1915) —
also known as Charles F. Libby —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Limerick, York
County, Maine, January
31, 1844.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Portland, Maine, 1882-83; member of Maine
state senate, 1889-92; counsel, director, president, Portland Street
Railway; also involved with steamship
companies.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 3,
1915 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Jesse Felt Libby (1857-1936) —
also known as Jesse F. Libby —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.
Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood, Oxford
County, Maine, February
12, 1857.
School
principal; lawyer; real estate
business; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Company
and Cascade Light and
Power Company; director, president, Lancaster and Jefferson Electric
Light Company; director, Gorham National Bank;
promoter, director, Berlin Street
Railway; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1936
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Evans Cemetery, Gorham, N.H.
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Jesse M. Libby (1846-1918) —
of Poland, Androscoggin
County, Maine; Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Danville (now part of Auburn), Androscoggin
County, Maine, March
28, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1877, 1901-04; member of Maine
state senate, 1891-94; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1912.
Died in Poland, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
28, 1918 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, West Poland, Poland, Maine.
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Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829) —
of Paris, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., December
28, 1788.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1818-21; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1821-26 (at-large 1821-25, 5th
District 1825-26); Governor of
Maine, 1827-29; died in office 1829.
Died October
8, 1829 (age 40 years, 284
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at State
of Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Maine.
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William Shepherd Linnell (1885-1968) —
also known as William S. Linnell —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Biddeford, York
County, Maine, July 21,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Portland Gas
Light Company; director, National Bank of
Commerce, Portland director, Bancroft & Martin Rolling
Mills Company; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1925-28; member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1928; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1936;
member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1937-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
14, 1968 (age 82 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Franklin Linnell and Sarah C. (Shepherd) Linnell; married,
November
12, 1912, to Jessie E. Hopkinson. |
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Charles Edgar Littlefield (1851-1915) —
also known as Charles E. Littlefield —
of Rockland, Knox
County, Maine; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lebanon, York
County, Maine, June 21,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1885-88; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1887-88; Maine
state attorney general, 1889-92; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1892,
1896
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1899-1908; defeated
(People's), 1898; resigned 1908.
Died, from an embolism
ten days after surgery, in the Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1915 (age 63 years, 315
days).
Interment at Achorn
Cemetery, Rockland, Maine.
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Thomas Francis Locke (b. 1885) —
also known as Thomas F. Locke —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine.
Born in Cork, Ireland,
September
25, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Biddeford, Maine, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1930.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Locke and Anna (Mulcahey) Locke; married, September
28, 1915, to Annie F. Dunn. |
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John Davis Long (1838-1915) —
also known as John D. Long —
of Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine, October
27, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1875-78; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1876-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1879-80; Governor of
Massachusetts, 1880-83; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1883-89; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1884,
1904,
1908,
1912
(alternate); U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1897-1902.
Died in Hingham, Plymouth
County, Mass., August
28, 1915 (age 76 years, 305
days).
Interment at Hingham
Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
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Stephen Longfellow (1775-1849) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Gorham, Cumberland
County, Maine, June 23,
1775.
Lawyer; 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 (age 74 years, 40
days).
Interment at Western
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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James Bernard Longley (1924-1980) —
also known as James B. Longley —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, April
22, 1924.
Republican. Insurance
business; lawyer; Governor of
Maine, 1975-79.
Died August
16, 1980 (age 56 years, 116
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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James Bernard Longley Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as James B. Longley, Jr. —
of Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, July 7,
1951.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1995-97; defeated, 1996;
candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1998.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joshua Adams Lowell (1801-1874) —
also known as Joshua A. Lowell —
of East Machias, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine, March
20, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1832-37; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1839-43 (5th District 1839-41, 6th
District 1841-43).
Died in East Machias, Washington
County, Maine, March
13, 1874 (age 72 years, 358
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, East Machias, Maine.
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Robert Luce (1862-1946) —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Waltham, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
2, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Boston Mutual Life
Insurance Company; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Seventh Middlesex District, 1899,
1901-08; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1912-13; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13th
District 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,
1940.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Exchange
Club.
Died April 7,
1946 (age 83 years, 126
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Mandeville T. Ludden (1830-1882) —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Canton, Oxford
County, Maine, February
17, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state senate, 1867-68; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1881-82.
Died in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, September
21, 1882 (age 52 years, 216
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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Moses Macdonald (1815-1869) —
of Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Limerick, York
County, Maine, April 8,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1841-42, 1845; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1845; member of Maine
state senate, 1847; Maine
state treasurer, 1847-48; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1851-55; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61.
Died in Saco, York
County, Maine, October
18, 1869 (age 54 years, 193
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine.
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Joseph Homan Manley (1842-1905) —
also known as Joseph H. Manley —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
13, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Augusta,
Maine, 1881-85, 1889-92; publisher,
Maine Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1888,
1900;
speaker, 1896;
Maine
Republican state chair, 1888-96; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1896; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1896.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
7, 1905 (age 62 years, 117
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) —
also known as Thomas L. Marble —
of Gorham, Coos
County, N.H.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
24, 1876.
School
principal; lawyer; superior court judge in New Hampshire,
1917-25; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43; chief
justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9th
Ward, 1948.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married, August
15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller. |
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Vernon Waldo Marr (b. 1891) —
also known as Vernon W. Marr —
of Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, December
19, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1935-36; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.; Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Kennebunk, York
County, Maine, December
7, 1808.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1863-65; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1865-69, 1884-85.
Died in Vansville, Prince
George's County, Md., May 24,
1895 (age 86 years, 168
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh McCulloch (1773-1830) and Abigail (Perkins) McCulloch;
married, June 23,
1834, to Eunice Hardy; married, March
21, 1838, to Susan Maria Man. |
| | | McCulloch Hall (dormitory, built 1926), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Hugh McCulloch (built 1943 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1962) was named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on $20 U.S. national bank notes in 1902.
|
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Comptrollers
of the Currency |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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Rufus McIntire (1784-1866) —
of Parsonfield, York
County, Maine.
Born in York, York
County, Maine, December
19, 1784.
Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1827-35.
Died April
28, 1866 (age 81 years, 130
days).
Interment at Middleroad
Cemetery, Parsonfield, Maine.
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Marshall Noah McKusick (1841-1908) —
also known as M. N. McKusick —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Baring, Washington
County, Maine, March
12, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer; postmaster at Calais,
Maine, 1882-85; mayor of
Calais, Maine, 1886-88, 1906-07.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Calais, Washington
County, Maine, May 28,
1908 (age 67 years, 77
days).
Interment at Calais
Cemetery, Calais, Maine.
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Janet Trafton Mills (b. 1947) —
also known as Janet T. Mills —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Farmingdale, Kennebec
County, Maine, December
30, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maine, 1984
(alternate), 2000;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1994; Maine
state attorney general, 2009-11, 2013-19; Governor of
Maine, 2019-.
Female.
Still living as of 2021.
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George John Mitchell (b. 1933) —
also known as George J. Mitchell —
of South Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, August
20, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer; aide to U.S. Sen. Edmund
Muskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie's
vice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in
1972; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1966-68; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1974; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1977-79; U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1979-80; resigned 1980; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1980-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004;
chairman, Walt
Disney Company (major movie
studio, operator of theme parks, and owner of the ABC television
network), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 2008.
Catholic.
Lebanese
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (1811-1869) —
also known as Wyman B. S. Moor —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
11, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1839; Maine
state attorney general, 1844-47; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1848; railroad
construction superintendent; U.S. Consul General in Toronto, 1857-61.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., March
10, 1869 (age 57 years, 119
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Lawyer; school
teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor
of Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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John B. Nash (b. 1848) —
of Conway, Carroll
County, N.H.; Intervale, Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Windham, Cumberland
County, Maine, May 17,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1886, 1888, 1896
(Democratic); delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1891-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900,
1908;
trustee, Conway Savings Bank.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Barzillia Nash and Lavinia (Hicks) Nash; married 1872 to Susan
J. Libby. |
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William F. Nason (1857-1923) —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Sanford, York
County, Maine, November
22, 1857.
Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1886, 1901; mayor of
Dover, N.H., 1896-97.
Died in 1923
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Dover, N.H.
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John Edward Nelson (1874-1955) —
also known as John E. Nelson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine; Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in China, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 12,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1922-33; defeated, 1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Zeta
Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, April
11, 1955 (age 80 years, 273
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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William Henry Newell (1854-1934) —
also known as William H. Newell —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Durham, Androscoggin
County, Maine, April
16, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Lewiston, Maine, 1891-93, 1898-99, 1921-22; president,
Manufacturers National Bank,
1902; probate judge in Maine, 1905-09.
Died May 3,
1934 (age 80 years, 17
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of William B. Newell and Susannah K. (Weeks) Newell. |
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David A. Nichols (1917-1997) —
of Lincolnville, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Lincolnville, Waldo
County, Maine, August
6, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1952;
member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1955-57; Maine
Republican state chair, 1960-64; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1977-88.
Member, Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died June 21,
1997 (age 79 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George E. Nichols and Flora E. (Pillsbury)
Nichols. |
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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.
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Frank Mellen Nye (1852-1935) —
also known as Frank M. Nye —
of Clear Lake, Polk
County, Wis.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Shirley, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March 7,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1885; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1907-13; district
judge in Minnesota, 1920-32.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
29, 1935 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, River Falls, Wis.
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Benjamin Orr (1772-1828) —
of Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
1, 1772.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1817-19.
Died in Brunswick, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
3, 1828 (age 55 years, 277
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
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John Otis (1801-1857) —
of Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Maine, 1801.
Lawyer; member of Maine state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1849-51.
Died August
17, 1857 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Hallowell
Cemetery, Hallowell, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver Otis and Elizabeth (Stanchfield) Otis; married 1831 to
Harriet Frances Vaughn; married, August
21, 1848, to Ellen Grant; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Allyne Otis; third cousin of William
Shaw Chandler Otis, Harris
F. Otis and James
Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison
Gray Otis (1765-1848), Charles
Augustus Otis, Sr., George
Lorenzo Otis, John
Grant Otis and Charles
Eugene Otis; fourth cousin of Oran
Gray Otis, Asa H.
Otis, David
Perry Otis and Harrison
Gray Otis (1837-1917). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Otis
family of Connecticut; Lansing
family of New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Frank Lester Palmer (b. 1882) —
also known as Frank L. Palmer —
of Saco, York
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Westbrook, Cumberland
County, Maine, August
21, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; mayor of
Saco, Maine, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Palmer and Roxa B. (Haines) Palmer; married, November
21, 1911, to Parle L. Bradbury. |
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Frederic Hale Parkhurst (1864-1921) —
also known as Frederic H. Parkhurst —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Unity, Waldo
County, Maine, November
5, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1895-96, 1899-1902; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1900;
Maine
Republican state chair, 1914-16; Governor of
Maine, 1921; died in office 1921.
Died January
31, 1921 (age 56 years, 87
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gorham Parks (1794-1877) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 27,
1794.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maine 7th District, 1833-37; candidate for
Governor
of Maine, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1843-45; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, as of 1845-49.
Died in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
23, 1877 (age 83 years, 180
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Virgil Delphini Parris (1807-1874) —
also known as Virgil D. Parris —
of Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Buckfield, Oxford
County, Maine, February
18, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1838-41 (2nd District 1838-39, 6th
District 1839-41).
Died in Paris, Oxford
County, Maine, June 13,
1874 (age 67 years, 115
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Paris, Maine.
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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.
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Richard Foster Perkins (1809-1868) —
also known as Richard F. Perkins —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Mass., November
12, 1809.
Lawyer; postmaster at Augusta,
Maine, 1842-43; San
Francisco, Calif., 1864-68; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1844-45.
Died aboard
the passenger ship Colorado, on a voyage from San Francisco to
New York, in the North
Pacific Ocean, October
13, 1868 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Buried at sea in North Pacific Ocean.
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John Andrew Peters (1864-1953) —
also known as John A. Peters —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine, August
13, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1896-98; member
of Maine
state house of representatives, 1909-13; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1913; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1913-22; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1916;
U.S.
District Judge for Maine, 1922.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in 1953
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine.
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Donald Ward Philbrick (b. 1896) —
also known as Donald W. Philbrick —
of Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, March
16, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1935-40; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1939-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1944,
1952
(alternate).
Congregationalist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Interment somewhere
in Skowhegan, Maine.
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Warren C. Philbrook (1857-1933) —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Sedgwick, Hancock
County, Maine, November
30, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1897-99; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1899-1901; Maine
state attorney general, 1909-10; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1913-28.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died May 31,
1933 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther Groves Philbrook and Angelia (Coffin) Philbrook; married 1882 to Ada M.
Foster. |
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Elisha Warren Pike (1876-1958) —
also known as Elisha W. Pike —
of Eastport, Washington
County, Maine.
Born December
2, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Washington County, 1919-20.
Died April
20, 1958 (age 81 years, 139
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Eastport, Maine.
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Frederick Augustus Pike (1816-1886) —
also known as Frederick A. Pike —
of Calais, Washington
County, Maine.
Born in Calais, Washington
County, Maine, December
9, 1816.
Lawyer; mayor of
Calais, Maine, 1852; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1858-60, 1870-71; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1861-69 (6th District 1861-63, 5th
District 1863-69).
Died in Calais, Washington
County, Maine, December
2, 1886 (age 69 years, 358
days).
Interment at Calais
Cemetery, Calais, Maine.
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Edward Clarence Plummer (b. 1863) —
also known as Edward C. Plummer —
of Bath, Sagadahoc
County, Maine.
Born in Freeport, Cumberland
County, Maine, November
23, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-.
Congregationalist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Hayford Plummer and Ruth Bucknell (Harding) Plummer;
married, November
3, 1888, to Lillian Gertrude Fiske. |
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Charles A. Pomeroy —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1947.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813-1877) —
also known as Daniel D. Pratt —
of Logansport, Cass
County, Ind.
Born in Palermo, Waldo
County, Maine, October
24, 1813.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1847; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-53; member of Indiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1860; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1860,
1868
(alternate); served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1869-75.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Logansport, Cass
County, Ind., April
17, 1877 (age 63 years, 175
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808-1850) —
also known as Seargent S. Prentiss —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
30, 1808.
Lawyer; famed for his oratory; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1838-39.
His right
leg was "lame and feeble" due to childhood disease.
Died near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 1,
1850 (age 41 years, 274
days).
Interment at Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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