Coburn, Abner b. March 22, 1803 d. January 4, 1885 Maine Governor. Educated in Skowhegan, Maine, he became a surveyor, joining in 1830 his father and brother Philander in a surveying, land selling and lumber business. After their father's death the business continued to be run by the brothers as "A & P Coburn", which eventually became the largest land owner in Maine and included holdings throughout the United States. The Coburns expanded their interests to include railroads, banks and insurance, making them among the wealthiest people in Maine...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Coburn, Stephen b. November 11, 1817 d. July 4, 1882 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving in 1861. He drowned in the Kennebec River in Skowhegan, Maine, on July 4, 1882. (Bio by: K) South Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Goodwin, Forrest b. June 14, 1862 d. May 28, 1913 US Congressman. Elected as a Republican to represent Maine's 3rd District in the Sixty-third Congress, he served from March 1913 until his death in office. An 1887 graduate of Maine's Colby College, he had an early start in politics; he was elected to a term in the State House of Representatives (1889) and was Parliamentary Clerk under Speaker Thomas Reed in the Fifty-first US Congress (1889 to 1891). During that time he completed post-graduate study at the Boston University Law School and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Kidder, David b. December 8, 1787 d. November 1, 1860 US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 7th District and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1823 to 1827. Also served as a Member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1829. (Bio by: K) Bloomfield Weston Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Norris, Benjamin White b. 1819 d. 1873 US Congressman. Elected to represent Alabama's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1867 to 1869. Also served as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Maine in 1864. (Bio by: K) South Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Smith, Margaret Chase b. December 14, 1897 d. May 29, 1995 US Congresswoman, US Senator. Elected to represent Maine's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1940 to 1949. Also served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1949 to 1973, defeated in 1973, as a Republican, and Candidate for the Republican Nomination for President in 1964. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. (Bio by: K) Margaret Chase Smith Library Grounds, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, USA
b. March 22, 1803 d. January 4, 1885
