Samuel Plummer Morrill (February 11,1816 – August 4,1892) was a nineteenth-century politician and minister from Maine.
Born in Chesterville,Massachusetts (now in Maine),Morrill attended common schools as a child and later attended Farmington Academy in Farmington,Maine. He studied theology,was ordained a minister and held pastorates in Farmington from 1848 to 1853. He was elected register of deeds of Franklin County,Maine in 1857 and was reelected to the position in 1862. Morrill was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1868,serving from 1869 to 1871,being unsuccessful for renomination in 1870. Afterward,he resumed ministerial duties in East Dixfield,Maine from 1877 to 1879,moved to Vienna,Maine in 1885 and retired from ministry in 1886. Morrill died in Chesterville,Maine on August 4,1892,and was interred in Chesterville Hill Cemetery in Chesterville.
Nehemiah Abbott was an American attorney and politician from Maine. Originally active in politics as a Democrat, he became a Republican when the party was founded in the mid 1850s. Among the offices in which he served were member of the Maine House of Representatives, member of the United States House of Representatives (1857–1859), and mayor of Belfast (1865–1866).
Lot Myrick Morrill was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Maine, as a United States senator, and as U.S. secretary of the treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant. An advocate for hard currency rather than paper money, Morrill was popularly received as treasury secretary by the American press and Wall Street. He was known for financial and political integrity, and was said to be focused on serving the public good rather than party interests. Morrill was President Grant's fourth and last Secretary of the Treasury.
Anson Peaslee Morrill was an American politician who served as the 24th governor of Maine from 1855 to 1856 and later as the U.S. representative from Maine's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1863.
Albion Keith Parris was the 5th Governor of Maine, a United States representative from the District of Maine, Massachusetts, a United States senator from Maine, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine, an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and the 2nd Comptroller of the Currency for the United States Department of the Treasury.
Charles Fletcher Johnson was a United States senator from Maine and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Charles Allen was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Loren Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Alonzo Nute was a United States representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Milton, New Hampshire where he attended the common schools. He moved to Natick, Massachusetts in 1842 but returned to New Hampshire in 1848 and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes in Farmington. In the spring of 1861, he entered the Union Army in the 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.
Samuel Merritt Stephenson was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
George Warren Weymouth was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Luther Franklin McKinney was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Samuel Greeley Hilborn was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California in the late 19th century.
Samuel Shepard Conner was a U.S. representative from Massachusetts.
Henry Ivory Emerson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Benjamin White was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Robert Goodenow was a U.S. Representative from Maine, brother of Rufus King Goodenow.
Samuel Mayall was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in North Gray, Massachusetts. He both attended the public schools and was tutored privately at home. Later, he moved to Gray, Maine.
Samuel Page Benson was a United States representative from Maine. He was born to Peleg and Sally Benson in Winthrop, Massachusetts on November 28, 1804. He received instruction from private teachers and attended the Monmouth Academy of Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Unity. He returned to Winthrop and practiced law until 1850.
Hiram Belcher was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Hallowell, Massachusetts on February 23, 1790. He attended the rural schools and the local academy in town. Belcher studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Farmington in 1812.
John Treadwell was an American politician and the 21st Governor of Connecticut.