Search Results
Keywords: Political conventions
Historical Items Showing 3 of 71 View All
Item 77453
James Blaine telegram to G.F. Shepley, Augusta, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1868
Location: Portland; Rockland
Media: Ink on paper
Item 76632
Republican delegates to national convention, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1868
Location: Portland; Norridgewock; Chicago
Media: Ink on paper
Item 11283
Gov. Baxter political ribbon, 1922
Contributed by: Baxter State Park
Date: 1922
Location: Bangor
Media: Ribbon with button
Exhibits Showing 3 of 16 View All
Exhibit
Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy
When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.
Exhibit
Mainers, like residents of other states, had differing views about slavery and abolition in the early to mid decades of the 19th century. Religion and economic factors were among the considerations in determining people's leanings.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Pages Showing 3 of 13 View All
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29
… Gate designs 1866 Philadelphia National Union convention Bangor Democratic convention George W. Ladd Sen. James R.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866
… convention preceded the Democrats' Philadelphia convention, held before the 1866 mid-year elections with the hope of forming a new political party…
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56
… Yales Mammoth Tent Penobscot County Democratic Convention Steamer, gun boat Mahoning Congressional excursion to Bangor Bangor McClellan Club Ideal…
My Maine Stories Showing 1 of 1 View All
Story
How the first chapter Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine
by Doug Rawlings
Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine and is now an international movement