U.S. District Attorneys in Maine
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U.S. District Attorneys in Maine
U.S. District Attorneys for Maine, 1789-1998(may beincomplete!)
WilliamLithgow, Jr. 1789-96DanielDavis 1796-1801SilasLee 1801-14WilliamPitt Preble 1814-20EtherShepley 1820-33JohnAnderson 1833-37JosephHoward 1837-41JohnHolmes 1841-43GorhamParks 1843-45AugustineHaines 1845-48GeorgeF. Shepley 1848-49ThomasA. Deblois 1849-53GeorgeF. Shepley 1853-61GeorgeF. Talbot 1861-70NathanWebb 1870-78WilburF. Lunt 1878-85GeorgeE. Bird 1886-90IssacW. Dyer 1890-94AlbertW. Bradbury 1894-98IssacW. Dyer 1898-1906RobertT. Whitehouse 1906-14StephenC. Perry 1914-15JohnF. A. Merrill 1915-22FrederickR. Dyer 1922-33JohnD. Clifford 1933-47EdwardJ. Harrington 1947AltonA. Lessard 1947-53PeterMills 1953-61AltonA. Lessard 1961-65WilliamE. McKinley, Jr. 1965LloydP. LaFountain 1966-69PeterMills 1969-77GeorgeJ. Mitchell 1977-79JamesW. Brannigan, Jr. 1979-80ThomasE. Delehanty II 1980-81RichardS. Cohen 1981-93JayP. McCloskey 1993-98
Officeholding Events(may be incomplete!)
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