| |  Edward Kavanagh (1795-1844) — of Damariscotta Mills,LincolnCounty, Maine.Born in Newcastle,LincolnCounty, Maine,April27, 1795.Democrat.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1831-35; U.S. Charged'Affaires toPortugal, 1835-41; member ofMainestate senate, 1842;Governor ofMaine, 1843-44.Catholic.FirstCatholic member of Congress from New England.DiedJanuary22, 1844 (age48 years, 270days).Interment atSt.Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Damariscotta Mills, Damariscotta,Maine. | | Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Hamilton,White PineCounty, Nev.;Denver,Colo.Born in Searsmont,WaldoCounty, Maine,April22, 1828.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;newspapereditor;lawyer; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 12th District, 1862-63;U.S.Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.Died in Mt. Rainier,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,June 25,1914 (age86 years, 64days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Edward Kent (1802-1877) — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,January8, 1802.Lawyer;mayor ofBangor, Maine, 1836-37;Governor ofMaine, 1838-39, 1841-42; defeated, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1841; U.S.Consul inRio de Janeiro, 1849-53; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1856(speaker);justiceof Maine state supreme court, 1859-73.Died ofheartfailure, in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,May 19,1877 (age75 years, 131days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | David Kidder (1787-1860) — of Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine; Norridgewock,SomersetCounty, Maine.Born in Dresden,LincolnCounty, Maine,December8, 1787.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7thDistrict 1825-27); member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1829.Died in Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine,November1, 1860 (age72 years, 329days).Interment atBloomfieldWeston Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine.| |  Relatives: Sonof Richard Kidder and Hannah (Whittier) Eastman Kidder; married,July 1,1812, to Lucy Weston; first cousin once removed ofPascalPaoli Kidder; first cousin thrice removed ofMaryRose Kidder; first cousin four times removed ofChesterMerton Bliss andGeorgeWalter Bliss; second cousin thrice removed ofHarryGilman Clough andRaphaelFloyd Clough; third cousin ofIsaiahKidder,LymanKidder andEzraKidder; third cousin once removed ofJarvisKing Pike,CharlesStetson,AlvanKidder,FrancisKidder,IraKidder,LutherKidder,ArbaKidder,JosephSouther Kidder,IsaiahStetson,JeffersonParish Kidder,JeremiahA. Clough andEdwardHamlin Clough; third cousin twice removed ofCalebBlodgett,ChaunceyFitch Cleveland,OrlandoBurr Kidder,AdoniramJudson Kneeland,AlansonPike,LymanKidder Bass,NathanParker Kidder,SilasWright Kidder,DanielS. Kidder andIsaiahKidder Stetson; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamDean Kellogg,StaffordCanning Cleveland,DelosAbiel Blodgett,IsaacNewton Blodgett,FannieKidder Tyler,CharlesStetson Wilson,HarveyEdward Kidder,LymanMetcalfe Bass,ClarencePatch Kidder,DavidMorrill Clough,ClarenceCutting Stetson andHarleyWalter Kidder; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryBarrett Crosby,WilliamBradbury Small,GeorgeW. Clough,HarlanPage Andrews,DarvinPratt Clough andWilliamRockwell Clough. | | | | Political family:Blodgettfamily of Grand Rapids, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Angus Stanley King Jr. (b. 1944) — also known asAngus S. King — of Maine. Born inAlexandria,Va.,March31, 1944.Lawyer;Governor ofMaine, 1995-2003;U.S.Senator from Maine, 2013-.Episcopalian.Still living as of 2019. | | Arno Warren King (1855-1918) — also known asArno W. King — of Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine.Born in Lamoine,HancockCounty, Maine,August2, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;banker;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1907-18; died in office 1918.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,July 21,1918 (age62 years, 353days).Interment atWoodbineCemetery, Ellsworth, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Warren King and Mary (Gillpatrick) King; married to Adelaide Mary'Addie' Parsons. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Horatio Collins King (1837-1918) — also known asHoratio C. King — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December22, 1837.Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil War;Democratic candidate forsecretaryof state of New York, 1895; Independent Democratic candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1897; Progressivecandidate forNew Yorkstate comptroller, 1912.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;Elks;LoyalLegion;GrandArmy of the Republic;Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa.ReceivedMedalof Honor for action near Dinwiddie Court House, Va., March 29,1865.DiedNovember15, 1918 (age80 years, 328days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Rufus King (1755-1827) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Scarborough,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March24, 1755.Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1816.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Jamaica (now part of Queens),QueensCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1827 (age72 years, 36days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. | | Nathan Knight (1817-1886) — ofBayCounty, Mich.Born in Otisfield, Cumberland County (nowOxfordCounty), Maine,July 14,1817.Lawyer; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Bay County 2nd District,1877-80.Died inBayCounty, Mich.,December28, 1886 (age69 years, 167days).Burial location unknown.  | Freeman Tulley Knowles (1846-1910) — also known asFreeman Knowles — of Denison,CrawfordCounty, Iowa; Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.Born in Harmony,SomersetCounty, Maine,October10, 1846.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspaperpublisher;U.S.Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1897-99.Died in Deadwood,LawrenceCounty, S.Dak.,June 1,1910 (age63 years, 234days).Interment atMt.Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak. | | Hiram Knowles (1834-1911) — of Nevada; Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.; Missoula,MissoulaCounty, Mont.Born in Hampden,PenobscotCounty, Maine,January18, 1834.Republican.Lawyer; probate judge in Nevada, 1864;justice ofMontana territorial supreme court, 1868-69; candidate forDelegateto U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1884;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1889;U.S.District Judge for Montana, 1890-1904.Member,Freemasons;AncientOrder of United Workmen.DiedApril 6,1911 (age77 years, 78days).Burial location unknown. | | Frederick W. Knowlton (1856-1925) — of Old Town,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Sangerville,PiscataquisCounty, Maine,1856.Democrat.Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maine,1908,1916(alternate).Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died, ofappendicitis,in Penobscot GeneralHospital,Old Town,PenobscotCounty, Maine,January12, 1925 (ageabout 68years).Interment atLawndaleCemetery, Old Town, Maine. | | Hosea Merrill Knowlton (b. 1847) — also known asHosea M. Knowlton — of New Bedford,BristolCounty, Mass.Born in Durham,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,May 20,1847.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1876-77; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1878-79;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1894-1902.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Isaac Case Knowlton and Mary Smith (Wellington) Knowlton; married,May22, 1873, to Sylvia B. Almy. |
| | William J. Knowlton — of Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Starks,SomersetCounty, Maine.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1890.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Hiram Knowlton and Sabrina W. Knowlton; married to Vetto C.Tibbetts. |
| | Fred H. Lancaster (b. 1885) — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Pittsfield,SomersetCounty, Maine,June 25,1885.Democrat.Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maine,1936,1940;MaineDemocratic state chair, 1937-39.Universalist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry K. Lancaster and Mary E. (Higgins) Lancaster; married,December25, 1912, to Amy E. Bartlett. |
| | Artemas Libbey (1823-1894) — of Albion,KennebecCounty, Maine; Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Freedom,WaldoCounty, Maine,January8, 1823.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1853; member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1856;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1875-94; died in office 1894.Died in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,March15, 1894 (age71 years, 66days).Interment atForestGrove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.  | Charles Freeman Libby (1844-1915) — also known asCharles F. Libby — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Limerick,YorkCounty, Maine,January31, 1844.Republican.Lawyer;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1882-83; member ofMainestate senate, 1889-92; counsel, director, president, PortlandStreetRailway; also involved withsteamshipcompanies.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in Cape Elizabeth,CumberlandCounty, Maine,June 3,1915 (age71 years, 123days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | | Jesse Felt Libby (1857-1936) — also known asJesse F. Libby — of Gorham,CoosCounty, N.H.Born in Locke's Mills, Greenwood,OxfordCounty, Maine,February12, 1857.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;real estatebusiness; promoter, director, treasurer, Berlin Aqueduct Companyand CascadeLight andPower Company; director, president, Lancaster and JeffersonElectricLight Company; director, Gorham NationalBank;promoter, director, BerlinStreetRailway; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1903, 1905.Congregationalist.Member,ThetaDelta Chi;Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in1936(ageabout79 years).Interment atEvans Cemetery, Gorham, N.H. | | Jesse M. Libby (1846-1918) — of Poland,AndroscogginCounty, Maine; Mechanic Falls,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Danville (now part of Auburn),AndroscogginCounty, Maine,March28, 1846.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1877, 1901-04; member ofMainestate senate, 1891-94; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Maine,1912.Died in Poland,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,February28, 1918 (age71 years, 337days).Interment atHighlandCemetery, West Poland, Poland, Maine. | | Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829) — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December28, 1788.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1818-21;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1821-26 (at-large 1821-25, 5thDistrict 1825-26);Governor ofMaine, 1827-29; died in office 1829.DiedOctober8, 1829 (age40 years, 284days).Entombed in mausoleum atStateof Maine Burial Ground, Augusta, Maine. | | William Shepherd Linnell (1885-1968) — also known asWilliam S. Linnell — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Biddeford,YorkCounty, Maine,July 21,1885.Republican.Lawyer; president, PortlandGasLight Company; director, NationalBank ofCommerce, Portland director, Bancroft & MartinRollingMills Company; member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1925-28; member ofMaineRepublican State Committee, 1928; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1936;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maine, 1937-40.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;BetaTheta Pi;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;Rotary.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February14, 1968 (age82 years, 208days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Franklin Linnell and Sarah C. (Shepherd) Linnell; married,November12, 1912, to Jessie E. Hopkinson. |
| | Charles Edgar Littlefield (1851-1915) — also known asCharles E. Littlefield — of Rockland,KnoxCounty, Maine; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Lebanon,YorkCounty, Maine,June 21,1851.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1885-88;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1887-88;Mainestate attorney general, 1889-92; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Maine,1892,1896(speaker);U.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1899-1908; defeated(People's), 1898; resigned 1908.Died, from anembolismten days after surgery, in the Post-GraduateHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1915 (age63 years, 315days).Interment atAchornCemetery, Rockland, Maine. | | Thomas Francis Locke (b. 1885) — also known asThomas F. Locke — of Biddeford,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in Cork,Ireland,September25, 1885.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Biddeford, Maine, 1920; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1930.Catholic.Irishancestry. Member,Knightsof Columbus;AncientOrder of Hibernians;Kiwanis.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Michael Locke and Anna (Mulcahey) Locke; married,September28, 1915, to Annie F. Dunn. |
| | John Davis Long (1838-1915) — also known asJohn D. Long — of Hingham,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in Buckfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,October27, 1838.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1875-78;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1876-78;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1879-80;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1880-83;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1883-89; delegateto Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1884,1904,1908,1912(alternate);U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1897-1902.Died in Hingham,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,August28, 1915 (age76 years, 305days).Interment atHinghamCemetery, Hingham, Mass. | | Stephen Longfellow (1775-1849) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Gorham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,June 23,1775.Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1814;U.S.Representative from Maine at-large, 1823-25; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1826.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August2, 1849 (age74 years, 40days).Interment atWesternCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | James Bernard Longley (1924-1980) — also known asJames B. Longley — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,April22, 1924.Republican.Insurancebusiness;lawyer;Governor ofMaine, 1975-79.DiedAugust16, 1980 (age56 years, 116days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine. | | James Bernard Longley Jr. (b. 1951) — also known asJames B. Longley, Jr. — of Maine. Born in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,July 7,1951.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1995-97; defeated, 1996; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1998.Still living as of 2014. | | Joshua Adams Lowell (1801-1874) — also known asJoshua A. Lowell — of East Machias,WashingtonCounty, Maine.Born in Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine,March20, 1801.Democrat.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1832-37;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1839-43 (5th District 1839-41, 6thDistrict 1841-43).Died in East Machias,WashingtonCounty, Maine,March13, 1874 (age72 years, 358days).Interment atVillageCemetery, East Machias, Maine. | | Robert Luce (1862-1946) — of Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Waltham,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,December2, 1862.Republican.Lawyer; director, Boston MutualLifeInsurance Company; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives Seventh Middlesex District, 1899,1901-08;LieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1912-13;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1919-35, 1937-41 (13thDistrict 1919-33, 9th District 1933-35, 1937-41); defeated, 1934,1940.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanEconomic Association;ExchangeClub.DiedApril 7,1946 (age83 years, 126days).Cremated;ashes interred atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Mandeville T. Ludden (1830-1882) — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Canton,OxfordCounty, Maine,February17, 1830.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMainestate senate, 1867-68;mayorof Lewiston, Maine, 1881-82.Died in Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,September21, 1882 (age52 years, 216days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Lewiston, Maine. | | Moses Macdonald (1815-1869) — of Biddeford,YorkCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Limerick,YorkCounty, Maine,April 8,1815.Democrat.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1841-42, 1845;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1845; member ofMainestate senate, 1847;Mainestate treasurer, 1847-48;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1851-55;U.S.Collector of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1857-61.Died in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,October18, 1869 (age54 years, 193days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Saco, Maine. | | John B. Madigan (1864-1918) — of Houlton,AroostookCounty, Maine.Born in Houlton,AroostookCounty, Maine,January24, 1864.Lawyer;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1916-18; died in office 1918.Died in Houlton,AroostookCounty, Maine,January19, 1918 (age53 years, 360days).Interment atOld St. Mary of the Visitation Church Cemetery, Houlton, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof James Cottrill Madigan and Maryanna (Whittier) Madigan; married toLucia J. Rose. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Joseph Homan Manley (1842-1905) — also known asJoseph H. Manley — of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,October13, 1842.Republican.Lawyer; postmaster atAugusta,Maine, 1881-85, 1889-92;publisher,Maine Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMaine,1888,1900;speaker,1896;MaineRepublican state chair, 1888-96; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maine, 1896;Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1896.Died in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,February7, 1905 (age62 years, 117days).Interment atForestGrove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine. | | Thomas Littlefield Marble (b. 1876) — also known asThomas L. Marble — of Gorham,CoosCounty, N.H.; Concord,MerrimackCounty, N.H.Born in Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,December24, 1876.Schoolprincipal;lawyer; superior court judge in New Hampshire,1917-25;justice ofNew Hampshire state supreme court, 1925-43;chiefjustice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1943-46;delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Concord 9thWard, 1948.Universalist.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Marble and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; married,August15, 1906, to Harriet E. Fuller. |
| | Vernon Waldo Marr (b. 1891) — also known asVernon W. Marr — of Scituate,PlymouthCounty, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate,PlymouthCounty, Mass.Born in Farmington,FranklinCounty, Maine,December19, 1891.Republican.Lawyer;MassachusettsRepublican state chair, 1935-36; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1940.Member,AmericanLegion.Burial location unknown. | | Seth May (1802-1881) — of Winthrop,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Winthrop,KennebecCounty, Maine,July 2,1802.Lawyer;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1855-62.Died in Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,September20, 1881 (age79 years, 80days).Interment atMapleCemetery, Winthrop, Maine.  | Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) — of Fort Wayne,AllenCounty, Ind.;Washington,D.C.; Vansville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Kennebunk,YorkCounty, Maine,December7, 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,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,May 24,1895 (age86 years, 168days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Hugh McCulloch (1773-1830) and Abigail (Perkins) McCulloch;married,June 23,1834, to Eunice Hardy; married,March21, 1838, to Susan Maria Man. | | | | McCulloch Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Hugh McCulloch (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1962) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on $20 U.S. national bank notes in 1902. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —Comptrollersof the Currency | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Rufus McIntire (1784-1866) — of Parsonfield,YorkCounty, Maine.Born in York,YorkCounty, Maine,December19, 1784.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from Maine 1st District, 1827-35.DiedApril28, 1866 (age81 years, 130days).Interment atMiddleroadCemetery, Parsonfield, Maine. | | Marshall Noah McKusick (1841-1908) — also known asM. N. McKusick — of Calais,WashingtonCounty, Maine.Born in Baring,WashingtonCounty, Maine,March12, 1841.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;schoolteacher;lawyer; postmaster atCalais,Maine, 1882-85;mayor ofCalais, Maine, 1886-88, 1906-07.Scottishancestry.Died in Calais,WashingtonCounty, Maine,May 28,1908 (age67 years, 77days).Interment atCalaisCemetery, Calais, Maine. | | Prentiss Mellen (1764-1840) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Sterling,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October11, 1764.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1818-20;chiefjustice of Maine state supreme court, 1820-34.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,December31, 1840 (age76 years, 81days).Interment atWesternCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Janet Trafton Mills (b. 1947) — also known asJanet T. Mills — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Farmingdale,KennebecCounty, Maine,December30, 1947.Democrat.Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maine,1984(alternate),2000;candidate forU.S.Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1994; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 2002-09;Mainestate attorney general, 2009-11, 2013-19;Governor ofMaine, 2019-.Female.Still living as of 2022. | | George John Mitchell (b. 1933) — also known asGeorge J. Mitchell — of South Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine;Washington,D.C.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine,August20, 1933.Democrat.Lawyer; aide to U.S. Sen.EdmundMuskie, 1962-65; also deputy director of Muskie'svice-presidential campaign in 1968, and presidential campaign in1972;MaineDemocratic state chair, 1966-68; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Maine, 1969-77; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 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 NationalConvention from Maine,1984,1996,2000,2004;chairman,WaltDisney Company (majormoviestudio, operator of theme parks, and owner of the ABCtelevisionnetwork), 2004-07; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,2008.Catholic.LebaneseandIrishancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations.Still living as of 2014. | | Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (1811-1869) — also known asWyman B. S. Moor — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine; Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine,November11, 1811.Democrat.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1839;Mainestate attorney general, 1844-47;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1848;railroadconstruction superintendent; U.S. Consul General inToronto, 1857-61.Died inLynchburg,Va.,March10, 1869 (age57 years, 119days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine. | | John A. Morrill (b. 1855) — of Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,June 3,1855.Lawyer; probate judge in Maine, 1913-18;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1918-26.Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) — also known asBenjamin F. Mudge — of Lynn,EssexCounty, Mass.; Cloverport,BreckinridgeCounty, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City),WyandotteCounty, Kan.; Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.Born in Orrington,PenobscotCounty, Maine,August11, 1817.Lawyer;schoolteacher;chemist;geologist;mayorof Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.DiedNovember21, 1879 (age62 years, 102days).Burial location unknown. | | Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) — also known asEdmund S. Muskie;"Mr.Clean" —of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Rumford,OxfordCounty, Maine,March28, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1947-51; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Maine, 1952-54;Governor ofMaine, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaine,1956,1964;speaker,1988;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1959-80; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1968; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1972;U.S.Secretary of State, 1980-81.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,Lions;Elks;Amvets;PhiBeta Kappa.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1981.Died of aheartattack, in Georgetown UniversityMedicalCenter,Washington,D.C.,March26, 1996 (age81 years, 364days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | John B. Nash (b. 1848) — of Conway,CarrollCounty, N.H.; Intervale, Bartlett,CarrollCounty, N.H.Born in Windham,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 17,1848.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1886, 1888, 1896(Democratic);delegateto New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1889; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1891-93; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1900,1908;trustee, Conway SavingsBank.Member,Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Barzillia Nash and Lavinia (Hicks) Nash; married1872 to SusanJ. Libby. |
 | William F. Nason (1857-1923) — of Dover,StraffordCounty, N.H.Born in Sanford,YorkCounty, Maine,November22, 1857.Lawyer; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1886, 1901;mayor ofDover, N.H., 1896-97.Died in1923(ageabout65 years).Interment atPineHill Cemetery, Dover, N.H. | | John Edward Nelson (1874-1955) — also known asJohn E. Nelson — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine; Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in China,KennebecCounty, Maine,July 12,1874.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1922-33; defeated, 1932.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;ZetaPsi;PhiBeta Kappa;Rotary.Died in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,April11, 1955 (age80 years, 273days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine. | | William Henry Newell (1854-1934) — also known asWilliam H. Newell — of Lewiston,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Born in Durham,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,April16, 1854.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Lewiston, Maine, 1891-93, 1898-99, 1921-22; president,Manufacturers NationalBank,1902; probate judge in Maine, 1905-09.DiedMay 3,1934 (age80 years, 17days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Lewiston, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof William B. Newell and Susannah K. (Weeks) Newell. |
| | David A. Nichols (1917-1997) — of Lincolnville,WaldoCounty, Maine.Born in Lincolnville,WaldoCounty, Maine,August6, 1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1952;member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1955-57;MaineRepublican state chair, 1960-64;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1977-88.Member,DeltaSigma Rho;PhiBeta Kappa;American BarAssociation;Rotary;OddFellows;Veterans ofForeign Wars.DiedJune 21,1997 (age79 years, 319days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof George E. Nichols and Flora E. (Pillsbury)Nichols. |
| | Malcolm Edwin Nichols (1876-1951) — also known asMalcolm E. Nichols — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,May 8,1876.Republican.Newspaperreporter;lawyer; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1907-09; member ofMassachusettsstate senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1914, 1917-19;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Boston, Massachusetts, 1921-25;mayorof Boston, Mass., 1926-30; defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941.Swedenborgian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died, of aheartattack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February7, 1951 (age74 years, 275days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. | | Frank Mellen Nye (1852-1935) — also known asFrank M. Nye — of Clear Lake,PolkCounty, Wis.; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Shirley,PiscataquisCounty, Maine,March 7,1852.Republican.Lawyer; member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1885;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1907-13; districtjudge in Minnesota, 1920-32.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,November29, 1935 (age83 years, 267days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, River Falls, Wis. | | Raymond Silvester Oakes (1887-1977) — also known asRaymond S. Oakes — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,June 23,1887.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1923-26; member ofMainestate senate, 1927-30; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Maine,1956.Member,Freemasons;Redmen;ModernWoodmen.DiedDecember31, 1977 (age90 years, 191days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Auburn, Maine. | | Benjamin Orr (1772-1828) — of Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December1, 1772.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1817-19.Died in Brunswick,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September3, 1828 (age55 years, 277days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine. | | John Otis (1801-1857) — of Hallowell,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Maine,1801.Lawyer; member of Maine state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1849-51.DiedAugust17, 1857 (ageabout 56years).Interment atHallowellCemetery, Hallowell, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Oliver Otis and Elizabeth (Stanchfield) Otis; married1831 toHarriet Frances Vaughn; married,August21, 1848, to Ellen Grant; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelAllyne Otis; third cousin ofWilliamShaw Chandler Otis,HarrisF. Otis andJamesOtis; third cousin once removed ofHarrisonGray Otis (1765-1848),CharlesAugustus Otis, Sr.,GeorgeLorenzo Otis,JohnGrant Otis andCharlesEugene Otis; fourth cousin ofOranGray Otis,Asa H.Otis,DavidPerry Otis andHarrisonGray Otis (1837-1917). | | | | Political families:Otisfamily of Boston, Massachusetts;Otisfamily (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Frank Lester Palmer (b. 1882) — also known asFrank L. Palmer — of Saco,YorkCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Westbrook,CumberlandCounty, Maine,August21, 1882.Republican.Lawyer;banker;mayor ofSaco, Maine, 1912.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Frank Palmer and Roxa B. (Haines) Palmer; married,November21, 1911, to Parle L. Bradbury. |
| | Frederic Hale Parkhurst (1864-1921) — also known asFrederic H. Parkhurst — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Unity,WaldoCounty, Maine,November5, 1864.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1895-96, 1899-1902; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1900;MaineRepublican state chair, 1914-16;Governor ofMaine, 1921; died in office 1921.DiedJanuary31, 1921 (age56 years, 87days).Burial location unknown. | | Gorham Parks (1794-1877) — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,May 27,1794.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maine 7th District, 1833-37; candidate forGovernorof Maine, 1837;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1843-45; U.S. Consul inRio de Janeiro, as of 1845-49.Died in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,November23, 1877 (age83 years, 180days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Albion Keith Parris (1788-1857) — also known asAlbion K. Parris — of Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Hebron,OxfordCounty, Maine,January19, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1813-14; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1814-15;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1815-18 (20th District1815-17, 7th District 1817-18); resigned 1818;U.S.District Judge for Maine, 1818-20;delegateto Maine state constitutional convention, 1819; probate judge inMaine, 1820-21;Governor ofMaine, 1822-27; defeated, 1854;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1827-28; resigned 1828;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1828-36; resigned 1836;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1852.Died suddenly, ofhearttrouble, in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February11, 1857 (age69 years, 23days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Virgil Delphini Parris (1807-1874) — also known asVirgil D. Parris — of Buckfield,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Buckfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,February18, 1807.Democrat.Lawyer; member of Maine state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1838-41 (2nd District 1838-39, 6thDistrict 1839-41).Died in Paris,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 13,1874 (age67 years, 115days).Interment atOldCemetery, Paris, Maine.  | William Robinson Pattangall (1865-1942) — also known asWilliam R. Pattangall — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine; Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Pembroke,WashingtonCounty, Maine,June 29,1865.Schoolteacher;lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1897, 1901, 1909-11; Democraticcandidate forU.S.Representative from Maine, 1904 (4th District), 1913 (3rdDistrict), 1914 (3rd District); member ofMaineDemocratic State Committee, 1905-07;mayorof Waterville, Maine, 1911-14;Mainestate attorney general, 1911-12, 1915-16;MaineDemocratic state chair, 1916, 1919; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Maine,1920,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); Democratic candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1922, 1924;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1926-30; appointed 1926;chiefjustice of Maine state supreme court, 1930-35; appointed 1930;resigned 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee); president, DepositorsTrust Co..Unitarian.Member,BetaTheta Pi;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine,October21, 1942 (age77 years, 114days).Interment atForestGrove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine; cenotaph atForestHill Cemetery, Pembroke, Maine. | | Henry Clay Peabody (1838-1911) — also known asHenry C. Peabody — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Gilead,OxfordCounty, Maine,April14, 1838.Lawyer; probate judge in Maine, 1880-1900;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1900-11; died in office 1911.Member,Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows;RoyalArcanum.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March29, 1911 (age72 years, 349days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Richard Foster Perkins (1809-1868) — also known asRichard F. Perkins — of Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Bridgewater,PlymouthCounty, Mass.,November12, 1809.Lawyer; postmaster atAugusta,Maine, 1842-43;SanFrancisco, Calif., 1864-68; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1844-45.Diedaboardthe passenger shipColorado, on a voyage from San Francisco toNew York, in theNorthPacific Ocean,October13, 1868 (age58 years, 336days).Buried at sea in North Pacific Ocean. | | John Andrew Peters (1822-1904) — also known asJohn A. Peters — of Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine.Born in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,October9, 1822.Republican.Lawyer;Mainestate attorney general, 1864-66;U.S.Representative from Maine 4th District, 1867-73; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maine, 1870-72;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1873-83;chiefjustice of Maine state supreme court, 1883-1900; resigned 1900.Died in Bangor,PenobscotCounty, Maine,April 2,1904 (age81 years, 176days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine. | | John Andrew Peters (1864-1953) — also known asJohn A. Peters — of Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine.Born in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,August13, 1864.Republican.Lawyer; municipal judge in Maine, 1896-98; memberofMainestate house of representatives, 1909-13;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1913;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1913-22; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1916;U.S.District Judge for Maine, 1922.Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in1953(ageabout88 years).Interment atWoodbineCemetery, Ellsworth, Maine. | | Donald Ward Philbrick (1896-1984) — also known asDonald W. Philbrick — of Cape Elizabeth,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Skowhegan,SomersetCounty, Maine,March16, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1935-40;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1939-40; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Maine,1944,1952(alternate).Congregationalist.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September1, 1984 (age88 years, 169days).Interment atSouthsideCemetery, Skowhegan, Maine. | | Warren Coffin Philbrook (1857-1933) — also known asWarren C. Philbrook — of Waterville,KennebecCounty, Maine.Born in Sedgwick,HancockCounty, Maine,November30, 1857.Republican.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1897-99;mayorof Waterville, Maine, 1899-1901;Mainestate attorney general, 1909-10;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1913-28.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.DiedMay 31,1933 (age75 years, 182days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.| | Relatives: Sonof Luther Groves Philbrook and Angelia (Coffin) Philbrook; married1882 to Ada M.Foster. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Elisha Warren Pike (1876-1958) — also known asElisha W. Pike — of Eastport,WashingtonCounty, Maine.BornDecember2, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer; member ofMainestate house of representatives from Washington County, 1919-20.DiedApril20, 1958 (age81 years, 139days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Eastport, Maine. | | Frederick Augustus Pike (1816-1886) — also known asFrederick A. Pike — of Calais,WashingtonCounty, Maine.Born in Calais,WashingtonCounty, Maine,December9, 1816.Lawyer;mayor ofCalais, Maine, 1852; member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1858-60, 1870-71;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1860;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1861-69 (6th District 1861-63, 5thDistrict 1863-69).Died in Calais,WashingtonCounty, Maine,December2, 1886 (age69 years, 358days).Interment atCalaisCemetery, Calais, Maine. | | Ebenezer Fernando Pillsbury (1825-1887) — also known asEben F. Pillsbury — of Farmington,FranklinCounty, Maine; Augusta,KennebecCounty, Maine; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Kingfield,FranklinCounty, Maine,April18, 1825.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1866, 1867, 1868.Died in Allston, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March14, 1887 (age61 years, 330days).Interment atWyomingCemetery, Melrose, Mass. | | Edward Clarence Plummer (b. 1863) — also known asEdward C. Plummer — of Bath,SagadahocCounty, Maine.Born in Freeport,CumberlandCounty, Maine,November23, 1863.Republican.Lawyer; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-.Congregationalist.Member,Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Solomon Hayford Plummer and Ruth Bucknell (Harding) Plummer;married,November3, 1888, to Lillian Gertrude Fiske. |
| | Charles A. Pomeroy — of Auburn,AndroscogginCounty, Maine.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate formayor ofAuburn, Maine, 1947.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Frederick Alton Powers (1855-1923) — also known asFrederick A. Powers — of Houlton,AroostookCounty, Maine.Born in Pittsfield,SomersetCounty, Maine,June 19,1855.Republican.Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Maine,1888;Mainestate attorney general, 1893-96;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1900-07; resigned 1907.DiedFebruary13, 1923 (age67 years, 239days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Houlton, Maine; cenotaph atTilton Corner Cemetery, Pittsfield, Maine. | | Daniel Darwin Pratt (1813-1877) — also known asDaniel D. Pratt — of Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.Born in Palermo,WaldoCounty, Maine,October24, 1813.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1847; candidate for PresidentialElector for Indiana,1848;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1850-53; candidate forPresidential Elector for Indiana,1856;member ofIndianaRepublican State Central Committee, 1860; delegate to RepublicanNational 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,CassCounty, Ind.,April17, 1877 (age63 years, 175days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind. | | William Pitt Preble (1783-1857) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in York Village, York,YorkCounty, Maine,November27, 1783.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1814-20;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1820-28; resigned 1828; U.S. MinistertoNetherlands, 1830-31.Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,October11, 1857 (age73 years, 318days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine.  | Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808-1850) — also known asSeargent S. Prentiss — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September30, 1808.Lawyer; famed for his oratory; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1838-39.Hisrightleg was "lame and feeble" due to childhood disease.Died near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,July 1,1850 (age41 years, 274days).Interment atGloucesterPlantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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