Maine Memory Network

Election Night, 1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Media: Photographic print

Progressive Rally Announcement, Dixfield, 1914

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Dixfield Media: Ink on paper

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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.

The Nativist Klan

In Maine, like many other states, a newly formed Ku Klux Klan organization began recruiting members in the years just before the United States entered World War I. A message of patriotism and cautions about immigrants and non-Protestants drew many thousands of members into the secret organization in the early 1920s. By the end of the decade, the group was largely gone from Maine.

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… on the question in May, a month after the 1816 gubernatorial elections. However, the Court stipulated that the separationists must win by "a large…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… On February 9, 1807, the upcoming Massachusetts gubernatorial elections were also declared a day to vote on Maine's separation.[21] With more than…"