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John
Appleton
Portrait presented in October 1900 by his son, Hon.
Frederick H. Appleton, of Bangor. Artist unknown.
| 7/12/1804 |
Born in New Ipswich, NH |
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1818-1822 |
Attended, and graduated from, Bowdoin College where his uncle Jesse was President. |
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1822-1826 |
Studied law in Groton, MA then Alfred, ME. Admitted to
the Bar in Amherst, NH |
| 1826-1832 |
Practiced law briefly in Dixmont then Sebec,
then moved to Bangor |
| 1852-1862 |
Appointed Associate Justice, Maine Supreme Judicial
Court |
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1862-1883 |
Chief Justice |
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7/7/1891 |
Died in Bangor |
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Nathan
Clifford
Portrait purchased at auction in 2001. Artist unknown.
| 8/18/1803 |
Born in Rumney, NH |
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1827 |
Admitted to the bar. Practiced in Newfield, ME |
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1830-1833 |
Maine House of Representatives. Speaker last two
years |
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1834-1837 |
Maine Attorney General |
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1838 |
U.S.
Congressional Representative. Served two terms |
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1846-1848 |
U.S. Attorney General |
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1848 |
Peace
Commissioner to Mexico |
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1858-1881 |
New England seat on U.S. Supreme Court |
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7/25/1881 |
Died in Cornish, ME |
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Alonzo
Garcelon
Portrait painted by D.D. Coombs, Mechanic Falls, in 1909.
| 5/6/1813 |
Born in Lewiston |
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1836 |
Graduated
Bowdoin College |
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1839 |
Graduated
Medical College of Ohio in Cincinnati and returned to Lewiston to start his medical practice |
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1847 |
Started the
Lewiston Journal with W.H. Waldron |
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1853-1854 |
Maine House of Representatives |
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1855-1856 |
Maine Senate |
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1857-1858 |
Maine House of Representatives |
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1871 |
Mayor of
Lewiston |
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1/8/1879-1/17/1880 |
Governor (elected by the Legislature) |
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12/8/1906 |
Died in Medford, MA |
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Joseph
White Symonds
Portrait painted by Joseph deCamp, Cincinnati, OH, in
1901.
| 9/2/1840 |
Born in Raymond |
| 1860 |
Graduated Bowdoin College |
| 1863 |
Admitted to Bar, Portland |
| 1868 |
Chosen city solicitor of Portland |
| 1872-1878 |
Superior Court Judge, Cumberland County |
| 1878-1884 |
Associate Justice,
Maine Supreme Judicial Court |
| 1884-1918 |
Practiced law in Portland |
| 9/28/1918 |
Died in Bethlehem, NH |
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Ezekiel
Whitman
| 3/9/1776 |
Born in East Bridgewater, MA |
| 1795 |
Graduated Brown University |
| 1799 |
Admitted to the Bar of Plymouth County, then came
to New Gloucester, Maine in April |
| 1808 |
Elected to the U.S. Congress and served three
terms |
| 1816, 1819 |
Member of the constitutional conventions in Maine |
| 1816, 1818, 1821 |
Served again in Congress |
| 1822 |
Appointed Chief Justice, Court of
Common Pleas (Maine) where he presided for about 20 years |
| 1841-1848 |
Chief Justice of the Maine
Supreme Judicial Court |
| 8/1/1866 |
Died in East Bridgewater, MA
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William
Durkee Williamson
Portrait painted from life by Jeremiah Pearson Hardy
(1880-1888) in Bangor in 1821 while Williamson was a U.S. Representative
| 7/31/1779 |
Born in Canterbury, CT |
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1804 |
Graduated Brown University |
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1807 |
Admitted to the Bar and started a practice in Bangor |
| 1811 |
County Attorney for Hancock
Co. |
| 1816-1820 |
Member of Mass. State Senate (until Maine's
statehood) |
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1820, 1821 |
Maine Senate President |
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1821 |
Acting
Governor after William King's resignation |
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1821-1823 |
U.S. Representative to 17th Congress |
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1824-1840 |
Probate Judge, Penobscot Co. |
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1838-1841 |
Bank commissioner |
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5/27/1846 |
Died in Bangor, ME |
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