Mane had U.S. Marshals even before it became a state. From a letter to U.S. Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry, on their request, from the U.S. General Accounting Office in 2003: The U.S. Marshal Service was created by the first Congress in the Judiciary Act of 1789. U.S. Marshals were placed in…
(1784-1866) a U.S. Representative was born in York on December 19, 1784. He attended the common schools, was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1809, studied law, was admitted to the bar and began his practice in Parsonsfield in 1812. McIntire served in the War of 1812, recruiting a company that marched to the northern frontier. …
Virgil Delphini Parris (1807-1874), cousin of Albion Keith Parris, was a U.S. Representative; born in Buckfield, February 18, 1807. He attended the common schools, Hebron Academy, and Colby College and was graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1827. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1830, and began his practice…
The governor heads the executive branch of Maine government, which is composed of the Executive Department and the various specialized departments. (The other branches are the judicial and the legislative.) Executive agencies have been frequently “reorganized” with mergers, divisions, and occasionally abolition. See some resources describing the history of “government reorganization” efforts in the Additional…
(1751-1829) began a practice of medicine in 1772 in New Hampshire. Later he was inspired to join the fight for independence from Britain, and took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill. In the late 1700’s Dearborn (also spelled Dearbourn) was an early settler of the town of Monmouth, suggesting the name after the Battle…
was born on March 1, 1817 in Dixfield and attended local schools and Waterville Academy before deciding to study law. He was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1843 and after two years of traveling and teaching in the west he returned to Maine, finally settling in Waldoboro. Practicing law from 1851 to 1861, he…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1775 Benedict Arnold expedition Arrives at Fort Halifax (Winslow) 1789 Henry Dearborn appointed first Maine U.S. Marshal 1898 E Plantation now a township in…
September 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 “In recognition of the value and importance of every child, the State designates the last Friday in September as Children’s Day.” (1 MRSA Chapter…