Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… the Portland Press Herald Guy Gannett with Senator Frederick Hale, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media In 1921, Portland…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Senator in 1848. During the 1856 campaign, he won the governorship of Maine as a Republican, but held that office only a few weeks, resigning to…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"Senator John Fairfield of Saco described Mrs. Madison in 1847 much as she appears in this daguerreotype: Mrs."

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

"… and Maine State Museum Description Senator James Doolittle of Wisconsin was among the speakers at the Bangor Democratic Convention in…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"Additionally, all nine of Maine's senators elected that spring were separationists. With this incredible momentum, by May 1819 the question of…"

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

"… In order to avoid a sectional crisis, Southern senators were able to link Maine's approval with that of Missouri—a pro-slavery state—and agree upon…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"They also needed to vote for a governor, and senators for the districts. Merrill Knight was moderator of said meeting and 20 votes were recorded."

Guilford, Maine - STUDENT CORNER

"… on their tour of Bangor Daily News, Piscataquis Community Middle School students were very fortunate to meet with Senator Olympia Snowe. X"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"He became a Major General during the War of 1812, in charge of the Maine District. Following the war, he started an effort to petition Massachusetts…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Signed, Senate of ther Hanse Town of Lübeck.” The weekly Lubec Herald newspaper reported the document one week later in its June 28th edition."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Morrill, Congressman and Senator Eugene Hale, Maine Governor Samuel Streeter Marble, attorney Elbridge Gerry Harlow, trial justice John Mason Eustis…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… area as a result of the efforts of United States Senator Edmund S. Muskie, born and raised in Rumford, to enact the 1972 Clean Water Act at the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… state interests mobilized, especially in the US Senate, to reject the proposal, although it had other more pro-American dimensions."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect William Keith

"… which he lived on Main Street and that of State Senator Edward Robinson, two lots to the east. Keith was a master at designing graceful proportions…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Convention, representative in the Maine Senate, President of Maine's Senate, temporary governor of Maine upon the death of Enoch Lincoln, County…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 - Page 1 of 2

"… John Holmes, served as one of Maine's first US senators after Statehood. Sally and her daughter, Sarah Ann, spent "the season" in Washington."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"He was a member of the newly formed Maine State Senate from 1820 to 1824 and presided as President of the Maine Senate from 1823-24."

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"Dr. Hubbard's OfficeHubbard Free Library Doctor Hubbard's most notable act as Governor was to sign the "Maine Law"-An Act for the Suppression of…"

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"… Maine 2008Thomaston Historical Society Senator John Ruggles designed and built his federal-style home for his family in 1827."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"… wife of Senator John Holmes, one of Maine's first senators. Her satin ball gown features the almost natural level waist of the 1820s."

Historic Hallowell - Thomas Bond House

"… (1813-14), and served as a member of the Maine Senate (1822-23). The 1885 map of Hallowell shows the occupant of the Thomas Bond House as C.A."