As the 62ed Governor of the State of Maine he served the shortest term of any governor, serving from 10:00 A.M. 6 Jan 53 to 11:00 A.M. 7 Jan 53.
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He was the son of Louis O. Haskell 1896-1915 and Etta C.(Hodgkins) Hakkell 1874-1916.
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Nathaniel Haskell, notable politician
Nathaniel M. Haskell, 71, of 30 Higgins St., former judge of probate, state legislator and for 25 hours governor of Maine, died here Monday.
He was Cumberland County judge of probate for 20 years until he resigned in September of 1973.
Although born in Pittsfield, he lived in Portland most of his life, graduating from Deering High School and the former Peabody Law School.
Haskell's brief stint as governor occurred in 1953, when Gov. Frederick G. Payne resigned after being elected to the U. S. Senate. Payne was to be replaced by Burton M. Cross who was then president of the state Senate and who had already been elected as the new governor.
Cross was to be sworn in as governor on Jan. 7, but the Legislature convened on Jan. 6 and elected Haskell as the Senate president, so he became governor for a day.
Haskell was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1942 and became speaker of the House in 1948. He was elected to the state Senate in 1950, serving until 1953 when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Probate Judge Carroll S. Chapman, for whom he had served as a law clerk and messenger in 1932.
Haskell had practiced law here since passing the Maine Bar in 1935 and was reconized as an authority on probate law.
Mr. Haskell was a member of the Woodfords Congregational Church and had served as treasurer of the Sunday School, clerk of the parish and a member of the Parish Committee.
He was a past president of the Cumberland County Bar Association and the Woodfords Club, a member of the Maine and American Bar Assiciations, a life member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, a past chairman of the Voice of America, past president of the Lincoln Club and a member of the Maine Historical Society.
He also had been an officer in several Masonic organizations and a 33rd Degree Mason of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite and a member of the Portland Lions Club, the Portland Club, Kora Temple Shrine, Maine Consistory, Woodsfords Congregational Church and a director of the Maine Institution for the Blind.
Survivors include his wife, the former Barbara Martin; two sons, David N. of Westbrook and Robert M. of Portland; and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Woodsfords Congretational Church.
The Portland Press Herald, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1983 Page 25
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He was the son of Louis O. Haskell 1896-1915 and Etta C.(Hodgkins) Hakkell 1874-1916.
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Nathaniel Haskell, notable politician
Nathaniel M. Haskell, 71, of 30 Higgins St., former judge of probate, state legislator and for 25 hours governor of Maine, died here Monday.
He was Cumberland County judge of probate for 20 years until he resigned in September of 1973.
Although born in Pittsfield, he lived in Portland most of his life, graduating from Deering High School and the former Peabody Law School.
Haskell's brief stint as governor occurred in 1953, when Gov. Frederick G. Payne resigned after being elected to the U. S. Senate. Payne was to be replaced by Burton M. Cross who was then president of the state Senate and who had already been elected as the new governor.
Cross was to be sworn in as governor on Jan. 7, but the Legislature convened on Jan. 6 and elected Haskell as the Senate president, so he became governor for a day.
Haskell was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1942 and became speaker of the House in 1948. He was elected to the state Senate in 1950, serving until 1953 when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Probate Judge Carroll S. Chapman, for whom he had served as a law clerk and messenger in 1932.
Haskell had practiced law here since passing the Maine Bar in 1935 and was reconized as an authority on probate law.
Mr. Haskell was a member of the Woodfords Congregational Church and had served as treasurer of the Sunday School, clerk of the parish and a member of the Parish Committee.
He was a past president of the Cumberland County Bar Association and the Woodfords Club, a member of the Maine and American Bar Assiciations, a life member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, a past chairman of the Voice of America, past president of the Lincoln Club and a member of the Maine Historical Society.
He also had been an officer in several Masonic organizations and a 33rd Degree Mason of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite and a member of the Portland Lions Club, the Portland Club, Kora Temple Shrine, Maine Consistory, Woodsfords Congregational Church and a director of the Maine Institution for the Blind.
Survivors include his wife, the former Barbara Martin; two sons, David N. of Westbrook and Robert M. of Portland; and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Woodsfords Congretational Church.
The Portland Press Herald, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1983 Page 25
As the 62ed Governor of the State of Maine he served the shortest term of any governor, serving from 10:00 A.M. 6 Jan 53 to 11:00 A.M. 7 Jan 53.
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He was the son of Louis O. Haskell 1896-1915 and Etta C.(Hodgkins) Hakkell 1874-1916.
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Nathaniel Haskell, notable politician
Nathaniel M. Haskell, 71, of 30 Higgins St., former judge of probate, state legislator and for 25 hours governor of Maine, died here Monday.
He was Cumberland County judge of probate for 20 years until he resigned in September of 1973.
Although born in Pittsfield, he lived in Portland most of his life, graduating from Deering High School and the former Peabody Law School.
Haskell's brief stint as governor occurred in 1953, when Gov. Frederick G. Payne resigned after being elected to the U. S. Senate. Payne was to be replaced by Burton M. Cross who was then president of the state Senate and who had already been elected as the new governor.
Cross was to be sworn in as governor on Jan. 7, but the Legislature convened on Jan. 6 and elected Haskell as the Senate president, so he became governor for a day.
Haskell was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1942 and became speaker of the House in 1948. He was elected to the state Senate in 1950, serving until 1953 when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Probate Judge Carroll S. Chapman, for whom he had served as a law clerk and messenger in 1932.
Haskell had practiced law here since passing the Maine Bar in 1935 and was reconized as an authority on probate law.
Mr. Haskell was a member of the Woodfords Congregational Church and had served as treasurer of the Sunday School, clerk of the parish and a member of the Parish Committee.
He was a past president of the Cumberland County Bar Association and the Woodfords Club, a member of the Maine and American Bar Assiciations, a life member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, a past chairman of the Voice of America, past president of the Lincoln Club and a member of the Maine Historical Society.
He also had been an officer in several Masonic organizations and a 33rd Degree Mason of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite and a member of the Portland Lions Club, the Portland Club, Kora Temple Shrine, Maine Consistory, Woodsfords Congregational Church and a director of the Maine Institution for the Blind.
Survivors include his wife, the former Barbara Martin; two sons, David N. of Westbrook and Robert M. of Portland; and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Woodsfords Congretational Church.
The Portland Press Herald, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1983 Page 25
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He was the son of Louis O. Haskell 1896-1915 and Etta C.(Hodgkins) Hakkell 1874-1916.
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Nathaniel Haskell, notable politician
Nathaniel M. Haskell, 71, of 30 Higgins St., former judge of probate, state legislator and for 25 hours governor of Maine, died here Monday.
He was Cumberland County judge of probate for 20 years until he resigned in September of 1973.
Although born in Pittsfield, he lived in Portland most of his life, graduating from Deering High School and the former Peabody Law School.
Haskell's brief stint as governor occurred in 1953, when Gov. Frederick G. Payne resigned after being elected to the U. S. Senate. Payne was to be replaced by Burton M. Cross who was then president of the state Senate and who had already been elected as the new governor.
Cross was to be sworn in as governor on Jan. 7, but the Legislature convened on Jan. 6 and elected Haskell as the Senate president, so he became governor for a day.
Haskell was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1942 and became speaker of the House in 1948. He was elected to the state Senate in 1950, serving until 1953 when he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Probate Judge Carroll S. Chapman, for whom he had served as a law clerk and messenger in 1932.
Haskell had practiced law here since passing the Maine Bar in 1935 and was reconized as an authority on probate law.
Mr. Haskell was a member of the Woodfords Congregational Church and had served as treasurer of the Sunday School, clerk of the parish and a member of the Parish Committee.
He was a past president of the Cumberland County Bar Association and the Woodfords Club, a member of the Maine and American Bar Assiciations, a life member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, a past chairman of the Voice of America, past president of the Lincoln Club and a member of the Maine Historical Society.
He also had been an officer in several Masonic organizations and a 33rd Degree Mason of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite and a member of the Portland Lions Club, the Portland Club, Kora Temple Shrine, Maine Consistory, Woodsfords Congregational Church and a director of the Maine Institution for the Blind.
Survivors include his wife, the former Barbara Martin; two sons, David N. of Westbrook and Robert M. of Portland; and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Woodsfords Congretational Church.
The Portland Press Herald, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1983 Page 25
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