1837 | Elijah P. Lovejoy, a Maine-born anti-slavery editor in Illinois, writes an editorial that inflames local citizens who destroy his press. |
1853 |
Jeremiah Bailey, a Whig member of Congress from Wiscasset 1835-1837, dies in that town |
1876 |
Birth date of Louis J. Brann, elected Maine’s first Democratic governor in two decades n 1932 |
1935 |
Concord surrenders its status as a town, unable to raise taxes necessary to function during the Great Depression |