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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Ralph Owen Brewster |
| Address |
Dexter, Maine , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 22, 1888
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| Died | December 25, 1961
(73 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Jun 06, 2023 06:57am |
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| Info | Born in Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine, February 22, 1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1909, and from the law department of Harvard University 1913; high school principal 1910; was admitted to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Portland, Maine; member of the Portland school committee 1915-1923; member, State house of representatives 1917-1918, but resigned to enter military service; served successively as private, second lieutenant, captain, and regimental adjutant, Third Infantry, Maine National Guard; member, State house of representatives 1921-1923; member of the State senate 1923-1925; Governor of Maine 1925-1929; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Seventy-third Congress in 1932; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1941); did not seek renomination in 1940, having become a candidate for United States Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1940; reelected in 1946 and served from January 3, 1941, until his resignation December 31, 1952; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952; chairman, Special Committee on National Defense (Eightieth Congress); died in Boston, Mass., December 25, 1961; interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
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