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Albert Edward Anderson (1885-1966) —
also known as Albert E. Anderson —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
22, 1885.
Son of Andrew B. Anderson and Mary (Parson) Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maine, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Redmen.
Died in May, 1966
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Beliveau (1887-1971) —
of Rumford, Oxford
County, Maine.
Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March 27,
1887.
Son of Severin Beliveau and Cedulie Beliveau.
Democrat. Lawyer; Oxford
County Attorney, 1915-16; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1928, 1930; justice of
Maine state supreme court, 1954-58; resigned 1958.
Catholic.
Member, American Legion.
Died in October, 1971
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Owen Brewster (1888-1961) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, February
22, 1888.
Son of William
Edmund Brewster and Carrie S. (Bridges) Brewster.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel for Chapman National Bank,
Portland, Maine, 1914-25; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Cumberland County, 1917-18,
1921-22; member of Maine
state senate, 1923-25; Governor of
Maine, 1925-29; U.S.
Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1935-41; defeated, 1932;
U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1941-52; resigned 1952; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Freemasons;
Grange;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
25, 1961 (age 73 years, 306
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
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Clinton Amos Clauson (1895-1959) —
also known as Clinton A. Clauson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa, March 28,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chiropractor;
U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Maine, 1941-51; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1956-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1956;
Governor
of Maine, 1959; died in office 1959.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Newcomen
Society.
Died December
30, 1959 (age 64 years, 277
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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Lincoln E. Clement (b. 1895) —
of Durham, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Levant, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
4, 1895.
Son of Reuel S. F. Clement and Ada M. (Burnett) Clement.
Republican. Farmer; lumber
business; real estate
business; member of Maine
state house of representatives from Androscoggin County (7th),
1931-32; member of Maine
state senate 4th District, 1941, 1943-44; member of Maine
Governor's Council, 1945-46.
Member, American Legion; Grange.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Merwin Curtis (b. 1931) —
also known as Kenneth M. Curtis; Ken
Curtis —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland
County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Leeds, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
8, 1931.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1964,
1996,
2000,
2004;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1964; secretary of
state of Maine, 1965-66; Governor of
Maine, 1967-75; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1977; U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1979-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 2008.
Protestant.
Member, Amvets;
American Legion.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louis Adams Frothingham (1871-1928) —
also known as Louis A. Frothingham —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Easton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 13,
1871.
Son of Thomas B. Frothingham and Annie Pearson (Lunt) Frothingham.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Rep. W.
C. Lovering, 1897; served in U.S. Marine Corps during
Spanish-American War; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Speaker of
the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1904-05;
candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1905; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1909-12; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1911; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 14th District, 1921-28; died in
office 1928.
Unitarian.
Member, American Legion.
Died, on
board the yacht Winsone, at North Haven, Knox
County, Maine, August
23, 1928 (age 57 years, 41
days).
Interment at Village
Cemetery, North Easton, Easton, Mass.
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Donald Dean Frye Garcelon (b. 1880) —
also known as Donald D. Garcelon —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 16,
1880.
Son of Arthur A. Garcelon and Ada Garcelon.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives from Androscoggin County, 1917-20;
member of Maine
state senate 4th District, 1921-22.
Member, American Legion; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Tudor Gardiner (1892-1953) —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1892.
Son of Robert Hallowell Gardiner (died 1924) and Alice (Bangs)
Gardiner.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of
the Maine State House of Representatives, 1925-26; Governor of
Maine, 1929-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1932;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; he and Gen. Maxwell
Taylor landed in Italy in 1943, before the American invasion,
traveled to Rome undetected, and held a conference with the Italian
High Command, obtaining information helpful to the Allies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Union Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Grange; American Bar
Association.
Killed when his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane exploded in
midair, and crashed
in Schnecksville, Lehigh
County, Pa., August 2,
1953 (age 61 years, 51
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Gardiner, Maine.
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Merle Dixon Graves (b. 1887) —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc
County, Maine, October
13, 1887.
Son of Rev. Lucien Chase Graves and Annie (Dixon) Graves.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1921-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward John Gurney (1914-1996) —
also known as Edward J. Gurney —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
12, 1914.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Winter Park, Fla., 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-69 (11th District 1963-67, 5th
District 1967-69); defeated, 1978; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1969-74; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1972
(speaker).
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died May 14,
1996 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry L. Joy (b. 1933) —
of Crystal, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Macwahoc Plantation, Aroostook
County, Maine, November
26, 1933.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; member of Maine
state house of representatives 9th District, 1992-2000, 2002-.
Protestant.
Member, American Legion; Lions; Freemasons;
National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2010.
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Ralph A. Leavitt (b. 1898) —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
24, 1898.
Son of William Leavitt and Gertrude (Stevens) Leavitt.
Republican. Steamship
agent; member of Maine
state house of representatives; member of Maine
state senate 2nd District, 1945-46.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Vernon Waldo Marr (b. 1891) —
also known as Vernon W. Marr —
of Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Farmington, Franklin
County, Maine, December
19, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts
Republican state chair, 1935-36; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1940.
Member, American Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hathaway Reed (b. 1921) —
also known as John H. Reed —
of Fort Fairfield, Aroostook
County, Maine.
Born in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook
County, Maine, January
5, 1921.
Son of Walter Reed and Eva Ruth (Seeley) Reed.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1955-57; member of Maine
state senate, 1957-59; Governor of
Maine, 1959-67; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maine, 1960;
U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1976-77, 1982-85; Maldive Islands, 1976-77, 1982-85.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Grange; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Wilbert Snow (1884-1977) —
also known as C. Wilbert Snow —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in White Head Island, Knox
County, Maine, April 6,
1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1945-46; Governor of
Connecticut, 1946-47; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
American Legion.
Died September
28, 1977 (age 93 years, 175
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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