Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant, shopkeeper, and Republican supporter, drew the "Republican Wigwam," a temporary building that was located at the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866

"… advised & concreted the shamefull betrayal of our republican party." The Bangor convention preceded the Democrats' Philadelphia convention, held…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. George W. Ladd, Bangor, ca. 1866

"Martin, a Republican, described the activities of the post Civil War Democrats in Bangor. Martin wrote about a speech Ladd gave on Sept."

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Dunning, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… a former Democrat who became active in the Republican Party, as "always to be seen on public occasions." He described a number of Democrat…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 129-142

"Martin strongly disliked Greeley, a former Radical Republican, because Martin believed Greeley was giving in to demands and interests of the former…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… Martin, a Bangor accountant, shopkeeper, and Republican, wrote that Weston was the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Bangor area in 1866…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"… with newspaper clippings concerning how much Republican states contributed to the federal budget from 1866 to 1878, as compared to Democratic…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 108-128

"Grant consume much of this section. Martin's Republican and temperance views are clear as are the ways in which those views lead him to rail against…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant, shopkeeper, and ardent Republican, drew the illustration of Hamlin and quoted some of his speech on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

"… and shopkeeper, and fellow supporters of the Republican ticket to re-elect U.S. Grant and his running mate, Henry Wilson, took a train from Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… accountant and shopkeeper, temperance man, and Republican, also wrote that during temperance years, Hayford imported alcohol and provided it to…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"John Martin, a committed Republican, attended the convention at Davenport Square and made illustrations of some of the speakers."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… to every body he knows whether he is democrat or republican and why or how he is so tangled up in the principles of reducing our enterprising…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"Kimball and Martin were both Republicans; Hayford was a Democrat. Kimball took out a newspaper ad attempting to get back business and suggest that…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… was split along party lines, with the Democratic-Republicans generally supporting separation and Federalists opposing."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"… over separation fell along party lines, with Republicans (Jeffersonians) supporting an independent Maine and the minority Federalists making up the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"An ardent Republican, he supported the war, deplored the "secesh" element in Bangor, Democratic politics, the Irish residents who voted with the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"An ardent Republican, Martin was a supporter of Ulysses S. Grant's campaign for the presidency in 1872."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"Because Republicans had generally led the push for separation while Federalists had opposed it, it was Republicans who overwhelmingly attended the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"… as early as 1795 as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, serving in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Senate."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"Nominated for president by the new Republican Party in 1860, he won a four way race and immediately faced the dissolution of the union over the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"She was a democrat and he was a republican. Did your mom like it when Roosevelt became president? She thought the world of Roosevelt cause things got…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… had become a major issue for the newly formed Republican Party. Bangor's own Hannibal Hamlin was the vice presidential candidate along with the…"