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Bates, James b. September 24, 1789 d. February 25, 1882
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1831 to 1833. (Bio by: K)
Old Oak Cemetery, Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine, USA
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
Gould, Samuel Wadsworth b. January 1, 1852 d. December 19, 1935
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Maine's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1911 to 1913. (Bio by: K)
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
Lindsey, Stephen Decatur b. March 3, 1828 d. April 26, 1884
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1883. Also served as a Member of the Maine State House of Representatives in 1856, Member of Maine State Senate in 1868, and Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine in 1868. (Bio by: K)
River View Cemetery, Norridgewock, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Morrill, Walter Goodale b. November 30, 1840 d. March 3, 1935
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was a Colonel in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Captain in Company B, 20th Maine Infantry for action on November 7, 1863 at Rappahannock Station, Virginia. His citation reads "Learning that an assault was to be made upon the enemy's works by other troops, this officer voluntarily joined the storming party with about 50 men of his regiment, and by his dash and gallantry rendered effective service in the assault." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Pittsfield Village Cemetery, Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Nash, Harriet A. b. October 2, 1864 d. 1907
Author of the book "Polly's Secret" which was published in 1902. (Bio by: Laurie)
Southside 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
Powers, Llewellyn b. October 14, 1836 d. July 28, 1908
US Congressman, Maine Governor. Elected to represent Maine's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1879, and 1901 to 1908. Also served as Governor of maine from 1897 to 1901.
Pittsfield Village Cemetery, Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
Smith, Clyde Harold b. June 9, 1876 d. April 8, 1940
US Congressman. Elected to represent Maine's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1937 until his death in 1940. Also served as a Member of the Maine State House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903, and 1919 to 1923, Member of the Maine State Senate from 1923 to 1929, and member of Maine's Governor's Council for the 4th District from 1933 to 1937. (Bio by: K)
Pine Grove Cemetery, Hartland, 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
Williams, Abram Pease b. February 3, 1832 d. October 17, 1911
US Senator. He was elected as a Senator from California to the United States Senate, serving from 1886 to 1887.
Maplewood Cemetery, Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA

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