Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick,Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794,Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 35 majors and 40 minors,as well as several joint engineering programs with Columbia,Caltech,Dartmouth College,and the University of Maine.
Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County,Maine,United States. The population was 21,756 at the 2020 United States Census. Part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area,Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College,the Bowdoin International Music Festival,the Bowdoin College Museum of Art,the Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum,and the Maine State Music Theatre. It was formerly home to the U.S. Naval Air Station Brunswick,which was permanently closed on May 31,2011,and has since been partially released to redevelopment as "Brunswick Landing".
Angus Stanley King Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maine since 2013. A political independent,he served as the 72nd governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003.
James Bernard Longley Sr. was an American politician. He served as the 69th Governor of Maine from 1975 to 1979,and was the first Independent to hold the office. In 1949,he married the former Helen Angela Walsh,who died on September 13,2005. They had five children,including former Republican U.S. Representative James B. Longley Jr..
Chellie MariePingree is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maine's 1st congressional district since 2009. Her district includes most of the southern part of the state,including Portland and Augusta.
Daryl D. Metcalfe is an American politician who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Metcalfe is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 12th legislative district from 1999 until 2023.
Operation Free is a coalition of veterans and national security organizations founded in August 2009 by the Truman National Security Project,The National Security Initiative,VoteVets.org,and VetPAC. Operation Free,in collaboration with other organizations,works to raise awareness,among policymakers and the public,of the national security threat posed by climate change and the United States' reliance on oil.
Seth Allan Berry is an American business,education and policy leader from the state of Maine. Berry ran 7 times from 2006 to 2020 for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives and was elected each time,representing Bowdoin,Bowdoinham,Richmond,and Swan Island,an historic wildlife preserve in the Kennebec River. In the Legislature,Berry was elected by his peers to serve as Majority Whip and later as Majority Leader,and served as chair of the committee on Energy,Utilities and Technology,chair of the Joint Select Committee on Maine's Workforce and Economic Future (2015-2016),and as lead Democrat on the committee overseeing tax policy.
Kurt Louis Daudt is an American politician and former Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He is a former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota,he represents District 27B,which includes portions of Anoka,Isanti,and Sherburne counties in east-central Minnesota,north of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He lives on his family farm in Crown,Minnesota.
John M. Kriesel is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 57A,which includes portions of Dakota and Washington counties in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican,he is a motivational speaker,veteran service officer,and a contributor on KFAN-FM 100.3 radio during the "Power Trip Morning Show."
James Earl White is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 19,which encompassed Polk,Hardin,Jasper,Newton,and Tyler counties. A member of the Republican Party,White was first elected in District 12 in 2010,which then included Angelina,San Jacinto,Trinity,and Tyler counties. He left office on August 11,2022.
Matthea Elisabeth Larsen Daughtry is the Assistant Majority Leader of the Maine Senate. She is a Democrat representing Senate District 23,which serves Brunswick,Chebeague Island,Freeport,Harpswell,Pownal,and part of North Yarmouth. Daughtry served as a representative to the Maine House from District 49 from 2012-2020.
Maine Question 1,"An Act To Strengthen the Maine Clean Election Act,Improve Disclosure and Make Other Changes to the Campaign Finance Laws",was a citizen-initiated referendum measure in Maine,which appeared on the November 3,2015 statewide ballot. As the Maine Legislature did not exercise its ability to pass the bill on its own,it was placed on the ballot and approved by Maine voters.
The history of Bates College began shortly before Bates College's founding on March 16,1855,in Lewiston,Maine. The college was founded by Oren Burbank Cheney and Benjamin Bates. Originating as a Free Will Baptist institution,it has since secularized and established a liberal arts curriculum. After the mysterious 1853 burning of Parsonsfield Seminary,Cheney wanted to create another seminary in a more central part of Maine:Lewiston,a then-booming industrial economy. He met with religious and political leaders in Topsham,to discuss the formation of such a school,recruiting much of the college's first trustees,most notably Ebenezer Knowlton. After a well-received speech by Cheney,the group successfully petitioned the Maine State Legislature to establish the Maine State Seminary. At its founding it was the first coeducational college in New England. Soon after it was established,donors stepped forward to finance the seminary,developing the school in an affluent residential district of Lewiston. The college struggled to finance its operations after the financial crisis of 1857,requiring extra capital to remain afloat. Cheney's political activities attracted Benjamin Bates,who was interested in fostering his business interests in Maine. Bates donated installments of tens of thousands of dollars to the college to bring it out of the crisis.
Fred John Allen was an American politician and lawyer from Maine. Allen,a Republican,served in the Maine Legislature from 1901 to 1908. Allen served two terms in the Maine House of Representatives from 1901 to 1904. Elected to the Maine Senate in 1904,Allen also was elected Senate President in 1907–1908.
Micajah Pickett "Micah" Caskey IV is an American politician. He currently serves in the South Carolina House of Representatives,representing the 89th district. Caskey was first elected in 2016 and continues to serve the constituents of District 89. Prior to working in the South Carolina legislature,Caskey worked as the Assistant Solicitor for the 11th Circuit (2014–2016),and also served in the United States Marine Corps (2003–2013),earning the rank of captain.
Dale J. Denno was an American politician from Maine.
Rachel Talbot Ross is an American politician and activist. A Democrat from Portland,Talbot has been the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives since December 2022. When she was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2016,Talbot Ross became the first Black woman to serve in the Maine Legislature. Talbot Ross represents District 40,consisting of the Parkside,Bayside,East Bayside,and Oakdale neighborhoods of Portland as well as the University of Southern Maine campus. She became Maine's first African-American House Speaker,and the highest-ranking African-American politician in Maine history,when she was elected speaker on December 7,2022.
Braxton Mitchell is an American politician and businessman serving as a Republican member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 3rd district. Elected in 2020,he assumed office on January 4,2021,and became one of the youngest elected officials in the country.
Brandon Mitchell is an American businessman and politician,serving as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from the 6th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on December 1,2020. Following re-districting in 2022,Mitchell was re-elected in the 6th district which includes Latah,Lewis,and part of Nez Perce Counties.
