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Politician members in Maine

  Edward Anson Butler (b. 1841) — also known as E. A. Butler — of Rockland, Knox County, Maine. Born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, July 25, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbroker; mayor of Rockland, Maine, 1890-93. Congregationalist. English ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Anson Butler and Annah (Hunstable) Butler; married, December 30, 1868, to Lucy A. Stanley; married, May 11, 1892, to Eva Arey Bartlett.
  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. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Maine, 1867-71; president, Bowdoin College; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1909. 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 (age 85 years, 169 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Joshua Chamberlain and Sarah Dupree (Brastow) Chamberlain; married, December 7, 1855, to Frances Caroline Adams.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Selden Connor (1839-1917) — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, January 25, 1839. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of Maine, 1876-79. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died, from nephritis, in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, July 9, 1917 (age 78 years, 165 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Connor and Mary (Bryant) Connor; married, October 20, 1869, to Henrietta White Bailey.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Deering Fessenden (1833-1882) — also known as James D. Fessenden — Born in Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine, September 28, 1833. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1872-74. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, November 18, 1882 (age 49 years, 51 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Pitt Fessenden and Ellen Maria (Deering) Fessenden; brother of Francis Fessenden; married, November 5, 1856, to Frances Cushing Greeley; nephew of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; grandson of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); first cousin of Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908) and Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden; first cousin once removed of Charles Milton Fessenden; third cousin once removed of William Fessenden Allen; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; fourth cousin once removed of Ira A. Locke, Walter Fessenden and Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Edward Guernsey (1866-1927) — also known as Frank E. Guernsey — of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Born in Dover (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis County, Maine, October 15, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; banker; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1897-99; member of Maine state senate, 1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908; U.S. Representative from Maine 4th District, 1908-17. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 1, 1927 (age 60 years, 78 days). Interment at Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Hannah M. (Thompson) Guernsey and Edward H. Guernsey; married, June 16, 1897, to Josephine F. Lyford.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Hamlin (1837-1911) — Born in Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, September 13, 1837. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1883-87; Speaker of the Maine State House of Representatives, 1885-87. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, May 15, 1911 (age 73 years, 244 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Hannibal Hamlin and Sarah Jane (Emery) Hamlin; half-brother of Hannibal Emery Hamlin; nephew of Elijah Livermore Hamlin and Ellen Hamlin; grandson of Stephen Emery; first cousin once removed of Isaiah Kidder Stetson; first cousin twice removed of Clarence Cutting Stetson; second cousin of John Appleton; second cousin once removed of Charles Sumner Hamlin; third cousin twice removed of David Sears; fourth cousin once removed of George Pickering Bemis.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hamlin-Bemis family of Bangor, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  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.
  Augustus Pearl Martin (1835-1902) — also known as Augustus Martin — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Abbot, Piscataquis County, Maine, November 23, 1835. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Boston, Mass., 1884-85. Unitarian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 12, 1902 (age 66 years, 109 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Charles E. Nash Charles Emerson Nash (1838-1904) — also known as Charles E. Nash — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Montpelier, Washington County, Vt., October 11, 1838. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; mayor of Augusta, Maine, 1876-79. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons. Died in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, February 25, 1904 (age 65 years, 137 days). Interment at Hallowell Cemetery, Hallowell, Maine.
  Relatives: Married, November 9, 1865, to Sarah Louise Livermore.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Annual Report, Maine Press Association (1899)
George C. Perkins George Clement Perkins (1839-1923) — also known as George C. Perkins — of Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Kennebunkport, York County, Maine, August 23, 1839. Republican. Merchant; banker; miller; steamship business; member of California state senate, 1869-76; Governor of California, 1880-83; U.S. Senator from California, 1893-1915; appointed 1893. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Loyal Legion. Died in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., February 26, 1923 (age 83 years, 187 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Clement Perkins and Lucinda (Fairfield) Perkins; married 1864 to Ruth A. Parker.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS George Clement Perkins (built 1944 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1969) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Image source: Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
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