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Augusta is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Kennebec County.
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine,,was a British Whig comparative jurist and historian. He is famous for the thesis outlined in his book Ancient Law that law and society developed "from status to contract." According to the thesis,in the ancient world individuals were tightly bound by status dealing with(in) a particular group) while in the modern one,in which individuals are viewed as autonomous agents,they are free to make contracts and form associations with whomever they choose. Because of this thesis,Maine can be seen as one of the forefathers of modern legal anthropology,legal history and sociology of law.
Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress,and the first woman to represent Maine in either. A Republican,she was among the first to criticize the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in her 1950 speech,"Declaration of Conscience".
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.
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.
James Shepherd Pike was an American journalist and a historian of South Carolina during the Reconstruction Era.
Sumner Sewall was an American Republican politician and airline executive who served as the 58th Governor of Maine from 1941 to 1945. He began his aviation career during World War I as a fighter ace.
Samuel Freeman Hersey was a politician and "lumber baron" from the U.S. state of Maine. He served in the Maine State Senate and as a United States Congressman from the district which included his hometown of Bangor.
The 1994 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 8,1994. Independent candidate Angus King defeated Democratic Party candidate Joseph Brennan,a former Governor of Maine,Republican Party challenger Susan Collins,a regional coordinator of the Small Business Administration,and environmentalist Jonathan Carter. Ed Finks,as a write-in candidate,took in 1.29% of the vote. Incidentally,both King and Collins now serve together in the United States Senate since 2013.
The 1944 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 11,1944. Incumbent Republican Governor Sumner Sewall,chose -in keeping with tradition- not to seek re-election after two terms. Republican Maine Senate President Horace Hildreth faced off against Democrat Paul J. Jullien,and defeated him in one of the most lopsided elections in Maine history.
The 1940 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 9,1940. Incumbent Republican Governor Lewis O. Barrows was term limited and unable to seek re-election. Republican Maine Senate President Sumner Sewall faced off against Democrat Fulton J. Redman in the general election,beating him easily. This election was the last gubernatorial contest in Maine held prior to United States involvement in the second world war. Frederick G. Payne unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.
The 1948 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 13,1948. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Wallace White did not seek a fourth term in office.
Roger J. Katz is an American politician and lawyer. He graduated from Cony High School in Augusta,Maine,where he played on the boys' basketball team which won the 1973 state championship. He then went on to Harvard College and Boston University Law School.
The Caning of Charles Sumner,or the Brooks–Sumner Affair,occurred on May 22,1856,in the United States Senate chamber,when Representative Preston Brooks,a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina,used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner,an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts. The attack was in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he fiercely criticized slaveholders,including pro-slavery South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler,a relative of Brooks. The beating nearly killed Sumner and contributed significantly to the country's polarization over the issue of slavery. It has been considered symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse" and the use of violence that eventually led to the Civil War.
The 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 3,2015,to elect the Mayor of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,concurrently with various other state and local elections. Heavily favored Democratic party candidate Jim Kenney won.
Jeffrey Butland was an American politician from Maine. A Republican,Butland spent 8 years split between the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine Senate. represented. He was also local officeholder in the town of Cumberland,Maine.
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.
Francis "Fran" Sumner Merritt (1913–2000) was an American painter,teacher,and arts administrator. He was a co-founder and first director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
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- ↑ "Legislators Biographical Search". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Sumner H. Lipman" . Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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