Category: Maine

Governor | Democrat | MUSKIE, EDMUND SIXTUS, a Senator from Maine; born in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, March 28, 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, in 1936, and Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1939; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1939 and Maine bar in 1940; commenced the… Continue reading Edmund Muskie

Senator | Republican | SMITH, MARGARET CHASE, (wife of Clyde Harold Smith), a Senator and a Representative from Maine; born Margaret Madeline Chase, December 14, 1897, in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine; attended the public schools; taught school in Skowhegan, Maine 1916-1917; business executive for country weekly newspaper and a woolen company 1919-1930; secretary to husband… Continue reading Margaret Chase Smith

Senator | Democrat | MITCHELL, GEORGE JOHN, a Senator from Maine; born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, August 20, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1954; graduated, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., 1960; served in the United States Army Counter Intelligence Corps, Berlin, Germany, 1954-1956; admitted to the District of… Continue reading George Mitchell

Representative | Republican | REED, THOMAS BRACKETT, a Representative from Maine; born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, October 18, 1839; attended the public schools; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1860; studied law; acting assistant paymaster, United States Navy, from April 19, 1864, to November 4, 1865; was admitted to the bar in… Continue reading Thomas Reed

Representative | Republican | BLAINE, JAMES GILLESPIE, a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in West Brownsville, Washington County, Pa., January 31, 1830; graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pa., in 1847; taught at the Western Military Institute, Blue Lick Springs, Ky.; returned to Pennsylvania; studied law; taught at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind… Continue reading James Blaine

Representative | Republican | HALE, EUGENE, (father of Frederick Hale), a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Turner, Oxford County, Maine, June 9, 1836; educated in the common schools and at Hebron Academy; studied law in Portland, Maine; admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Ellsworth, Maine; prosecuting attorney for… Continue reading Eugene Hale

Representative | Republican | HAMLIN, HANNIBAL, a Representative and a Senator from Maine and a Vice President of the United States; born at Paris Hill, Oxford County, Maine, August 27, 1809; attended the district schools and Hebron Academy; took charge of the family farm and worked as a surveyor, compositor in a printing office, and… Continue reading Hannibal Hamlin

Representative | Republican | COHEN, WILLIAM SEBASTIAN, a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, August 28, 1940; attended the public schools; graduated, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1962; graduated, Boston University Law School 1965; admitted to the Maine bar in 1965 and commenced practice in Bangor; instructor, University of Maine… Continue reading Bill Cohen

Attorney General | Republican | FRYE, WILLIAM PIERCE, (Grandfather of Wallace Humphrey White, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, September 2, 1830; attended the public schools in Lewiston and graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1850; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in… Continue reading William Frye

Secretary of State | Republican | PERHAM, SIDNEY, a Representative from Maine; born in Woodstock, Maine, on March 27, 1819; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1854 and served as speaker; clerk of the courts of Oxford County, Maine, 1859-1863; elected as a Republican to… Continue reading Sidney Perham