Owen Brewster

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  1. Known as Ralph O. Brewster until the early 1940s, and thereafter as Owen Brewster.

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References

  1. Jones 1908, p. 143.
  2. Jones 1908, p. 144.
  3. Jones 1908, p. 280.
  4. Ralph Owen Brewster, William Edmund Brewster, Abiatha, Morgan, William, Icabod, William, William, Love, William, of the Mayflower.
  5. Lewiston Evening Journal, June 12, 1926, p. 2.
  6. Lewiston Evening Journal, July 15, 1935.
  7. The Lewiston Daily Sun - Aug 8, 1947, p. 1, p. 16.
  8. The Great Aviator: Howard Hughes, His Life, Loves & Films – A Documentary. Los Angeles, California: Delta Entertainment Corporation. 2004.
  9. 1 2 Dietrich, Noah; Thomas, Bob (1972). Howard, The Amazing Mr. Hughes. Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc. pp. 198–208. ISBN   978-0044902560.
  10. Christian Science Sentinel, June 18, 1932 issue.

Further reading

  • Anderson, Jack and James Boyd. Confessions of a Muckraker. New York: Random House Incorporated, 1979. ISBN   0-394-49124-6.
  • Dietrich, Noah and Bob Thomas. Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes. Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcet, 1972. ISBN   0-044-90256-5.
  • Jones, Emma and C. Brewster. The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the "Mayflower," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. New York: Grafton Press. 1908
Owen Brewster
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United States Senator
from Maine
In office
January 3, 1941 December 31, 1952
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Governor of Maine
1924, 1926
Succeeded by
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Maine
(Class 1)

1940, 1946
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
1951–1952
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Maine
1925–1929
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of the National Governors Association
1925–1927
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 3rd congressional district

1935–1941
Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by United States Senator (Class 1) from Maine
1941–1952
Served alongside: Wallace H. White, Margaret Chase Smith
Succeeded by