George Melville Seiders (January 15,1844 –May 26,1915) was an American lawyer and politician from Maine.
Seiders was born and raised on a farm in Union,Maine. In 1862 at the age of 18,he joined the 24th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in Augusta,Maine. He and his regiment spent most of their 9 months of military service in Louisiana. Of particular note,the 24th Maine participated in the Siege of Port Hudson. The regiment mustered out in August 1863.
Seiders,a Republican,served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives from North Yarmouth,Maine in 1878. In his first term,he was assigned to that body's important Judiciary Committee.
In 1880,he moved to Portland,Maine,where he resided for the remainder of his life. In 1892 and 1894,Seiders was elected to the Maine Senate. During his second term,he was elected by his colleagues as the President of the Senate. In 1901,he was elected Maine Attorney General,a position he held until 1904. [1]
He died in Portland on May 26,1915. [2]
Joseph Edward Brennan was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987 and in the United States House of Representatives for Maine's 1st congressional district from 1987 to 1991. Brennan was a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission during the Clinton,George W. Bush,and Obama administrations.
William Pitt Fessenden was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Fessenden was a Whig and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate before becoming Secretary of the Treasury under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Fessenden then re-entered the Senate,where he died in office in 1869.
John Chandler was an American politician and soldier of Maine. The political career of Chandler,a Democratic-Republican,was interspersed with his involvement in the state militia during both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
Ether Shepley was an American politician.
Nathaniel Mervin Haskell was an American attorney and Republican politician from Maine. Haskell served as the 62nd Governor of Maine for two days,starting on January 6,1953.
Alonzo Garcelon was the 36th governor of Maine,and a surgeon general of Maine during the American Civil War.
George Evans was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Maine. A member of the United States Whig Party,he served in both houses of the United States Congress and as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.
Michael F. Brennan is an American politician who formerly served as the 87th Mayor of Portland,Maine. Brennan,a Democrat,served as State Senator from 2002 to 2006 and Senate Majority Leader and a 2008 Democratic candidate for Maine's 1st congressional district. On May 15,2011 Brennan announced his candidacy in the Portland,Maine mayoral election. On November 9,Brennan won the 15-candidate contest and became the first directly-elected mayor of Portland since 1923.
John Hathaway Reed was the 67th Governor of Maine,holding office during the 1960s. He was once an Aroostook County potato farmer. Reed was a Republican who took office following the death of Governor Clinton Clauson.
George Bradbury was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He also served one term (1822) in the Maine Senate,representing Cumberland County,Maine.
Lyman Underwood Humphrey was the 11th governor of Kansas.
Lawrence Steven Bliss is an American educator and former politician from the state of Maine. A Democrat,he served in the Maine House of Representatives (2000–2008) and the Maine Senate (2008–2011). He resigned as a senator on April 15,2011 after accepting a position as an administrator at California State University,East Bay,and leaving the state of Maine.
Troy Dale Jackson is an American logger and politician from Allagash,Maine who served as president of the Maine Senate. Jackson represents Senate District 1,representing northern Aroostook County,including the towns of Fort Kent,Madawaska and Caribou. Jackson served as Senate President from 2018 to 2024.
Alexander Ahab Arnold was an American lawyer,livestock breeder,and Republican politician from Galesville,Wisconsin. He was the 33rd speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly and served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate,representing Trempealeau County.
Gerard P. Conley Sr. was an American politician from Maine. Conley,a Democrat,served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1964 to 1968 and in Maine Senate from 1968 to 1984. He spent his final term in the Senate as President of the Maine Senate (1983–1984). His son,Jerry Conley,served in the House from 1986 to 1990 and Senate from 1990 to 1994.
Charles Freeman Libby was an American politician and lawyer from Maine. Libby,a Republican,served as President of the Maine Senate from 1891 to 1892 and later as President of the American Bar Association.
Frank George Farrington was an American lawyer and politician from Maine. Farrington,a Republican from Augusta,severed four terms in the Maine Legislature,including two in the Maine House of Representatives and two in the Maine Senate. He lost the Republican gubernatorial primary in 1924 to Ku Klux Klan-backed Ralph Owen Brewster by just 581 votes.
Charles Porter Mattocks was a colonel in the Union Army who received the Medal of Honor. He was born in Danville,Vermont,and served in the 17th Maine Infantry during the American Civil War. He was captured and interned as a prisoner of war for nine months. Later,he commanded the Maine State Militia and served as a brigadier general during the Spanish–American War. He was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1880,was a county attorney for Cumberland County,Maine,and argued a case before the Supreme Court.
The 2022 Maine State Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 8,2022,with the primary election using instant-runoff voting being held on June 14,2022,to elect the 131st Maine Senate. Voters in all 35 districts of the Maine Senate elected their state senators. These elections coincided with those for governor,U.S. House and the Maine House of Representatives. Democrats retained their 23–12 advantage in the chamber.