Enoch Lincoln | |
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| 6th Governor of Maine | |
| In office January 3, 1827 – October 8, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Albion Parris |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Cutler |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | |
| In office November 4, 1818 – January 1826 | |
| Preceded by | Albion Parris |
| Succeeded by | James W. Ripley |
| Constituency | Massachusetts 20th (1818–21)[1] Maine 7th (1821–23) Maine 5th (1823–26) |
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| Born | (1788-12-28)December 28, 1788 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 8, 1829(1829-10-08) (aged 40) Augusta, Maine |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican National Republican |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Enoch Lincoln (December 28, 1788 – October 8, 1829) was an American politician, serving asU.S. Representative from, successively,Massachusetts and fromMaine. He was the son ofLevi Lincoln Sr. and his wife, and the younger brother ofLevi Lincoln Jr. Born inWorcester, Massachusetts, Lincoln graduated fromHarvard College in 1807. He was elected and served as the sixthgovernor of Maine from 1827 until his death in October 1829.
He studied law, wasadmitted to the bar, and started his practice inSalem in 1811. He served asUnited States district attorney 1815–1818, and in 1819 moved toParis, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), and continued the practice of law.
In November 1818, Lincoln was elected as aDemocratic-Republican-MA, representing the Maine district, to theFifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofAlbion K. Parris. He was reelected to theSixteenth Congress and served in total from November 4, 1818, to March 3, 1821.
Lincoln was elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Society in 1819.[2] A portion of his business and personal papers resides in the manuscript collections of the AAS within the Lincoln Family Papers.
Upon the admission of Maine as a state, Lincoln was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Maine to theSeventeenth Congress. He was reelected to theEighteenth Congress, but as anAdams-Clay Republican. Finally he was elected as aPro-Adams candidate to theNineteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1821, until his resignation some time in 1826. He served asGovernor of Maine from 1827 until his death. He won three terms, all with more than 90% of the vote.[3] He did not run for a fourth term.
Lincoln died inAugusta, Maine, on October 8, 1829, before his term expired, and after the election of his successorJonathan G. Hunton. TwoPresidents of the Maine Senate,Nathan Cutler andJoshua Hall, had to serve as lame-duck successors between the two men. Lincoln was interred in a mausoleum in Capitol Park, directly opposite theMaine State House. Lincoln's body is missing with no official explanation available.[4]
The town ofLincoln, Maine, is named for him.
Lincoln was distantly related to PresidentAbraham Lincoln, sharing common ancestorSamuel Lincoln, who had settled inHingham, Massachusetts, in the 17th century.[5]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 20th congressional district November 4, 1818 – March 3, 1821 | Succeeded by District moved to Maine |
| Preceded by District moved from Massachusetts | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's 7th congressional district March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's 5th congressional district March 4, 1823 – 1826 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | 6thGovernor of Maine January 3, 1827 – October 8, 1829 | Succeeded by |
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