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Historical Items

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Item 76632

Republican delegates to national convention, 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868 Location: Portland; Norridgewock; Chicago Media: Ink on paper

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Item 65954

Cover of Souvenir Program for the Republican Party celtennial, Strong, 1954

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: 1954-08-07 Location: Strong Media: pamphlet, ink on paper

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Item 25952

1964 Republican National Convention Souvenir

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964 Location: Skowhegan; San Francisco Media: Cloth, silicon dioxide

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116604

Sewall camp additions, Phippsburg, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Phippsburg Client: Harold M. Sewall Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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Churchill House on State St., Portland, 1928-1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928–1934 Location: Portland Client: Major Gist. Blair Architect: Binford & Wadsworth

Online Exhibits

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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.

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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.

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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

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… while Federalists had opposed it, it was Republicans who overwhelmingly attended the Maine Constitutional Convention."

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

"If it passed, a convention would be held in Brunswick later that month to draw up a new Maine constitution."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866

"… betrayal of our republican party." The Bangor convention preceded the Democrats' Philadelphia convention, held before the 1866 mid-year elections…"