1797 | Birth date of Gorham Parks, Jacksonian member of Congress and later United States marshal for the district of Maine |
1846 | William D. Williamson, Governor in 1821 when William King resigned, and member of Congress (1821-1823), dies in Bangor. |
1907 |
Birth date of Rachel Carson, biologist, environmentalist, and nature writer and long-time summer resident of Maine |
1928 |
John P. Swazey, who fought in the 17th Maine Regiment in the Civil War, was a member of the Maine House of Representatives, the Maine Senate, and the U.S. congress, dies. |