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Description
Born Warren Whitefield Bessey, but raised and educated by a neighbor whose name he adopted, Warren H. Vinton studied law, but worked at different times in his life as a lawyer, teacher, farmer, teamster, storeowner and politician.
He once obtained a contract to carry mail from West Pownal to Gray.
Elected to the Maine House in 1857, he served as a State Senator a number of times between 1853 and 1879, and was president of the Senate in 1878.
He began his political career as a Republican, ran for governor in 1882 as an Independent Republican, was defeated, and became a Democrat.
About This Item
- Title: Warren H. Vinton, Gray, 1878
- Creation Date: circa 1878
- Subject Date: circa 1878
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Locations:
- Augusta, Kennebec County, ME
- Gray, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Carte de visite
- Dimensions: 7.6 cm x 5 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Maine. Legislature. Senate
- Legislators--Maine
- Cartes de visite
- Maine. Politics and government
- Vinton, Warren, H.
People
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Maine State Archives84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084
(207) 287-5790
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