Keywords: Democratic Party
Item 28383
Joel Chandler letter on Democratic party, Portland, 1834
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 28350
Ether Shepley letter on Democratic Party, 1834
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1834 Location: Portland; Saco Media: Ink on paper
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Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy
When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.
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Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s
Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866
"… party." The Bangor convention preceded the Democrats' Philadelphia convention, held before the 1866 mid-year elections with the hope of forming a…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866
"He also was a Democrat and Greenback Party member of Congress from 1879-1883. Here he appears as drawn by John Martin, a Bangor accountant and…"
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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
