Andrew L. Emerson

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Andrew Leonard Emerson (1803- March 23, 1835) was an American layer and politician from Maine.

Emerson was born in York, Massachusetts in 1803. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy before attending Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1820. He then studied law at Harvard Law School before finishing in the office of Simon Greenleaf. [1] Emerson served two single year terms in the Maine House of Representatives (1828; 1829) [2] and was the first Mayor of Portland, Maine in 1832. [3] The city had previously been organized as a town. However, Emerson was forced to resign in November of that year due to tuberculosis. He died in March 1835 in Florida and is buried at Western Cemetery beside his wife. The Emerson School, built in 1897–1898 in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood, is named in Andrew Emerson's honor. It was used until the 1970s, when it was converted into affordable housing. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Noteworthy Events in Maine's Political History". Portland Sunday Telegram. August 18, 1918.
  2. ↑ "Legislators Biographical Search". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ Charters, Portland (Me.). (1832). The Charter, Joint Rules and Orders and Rules and Orders of the Common Council, and Standing Committees: Together with a List of the City Officers. J.& W.E.Edwards. pp. 21–. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Emerson School, Portland, ca. 1900". Maine Historical Society . Retrieved December 28, 2014.


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