U. S. SENATOR BERT M. FERNALD. SPRAGUE'S JOURNAL OF
MAINE HISTORY Vol. VIII Special Number, JUNE, 1920
No. 1 pg. 68


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U. S. SENATOR BERT M. FERNALD.

Senator Fernald was born in West Poland, Maine,
April 26, 1858, the son of James H. and Betsey
(Libby) Fernald. The senator states his business or
profession is farmer and corn packer, and
parenthetically, United States Senator. Senator
Fernald held various town and county offices and in
1897-98 was a member of the Maine House of
Representatives; State Senator 1899-02, and in 1909-
10 was Governor of Maine. He became a member of the
U. S. Senate in 1918.

In 1878 he married Annie A. Keene. Children: James
H., born 1880; Mellie H., born 1884.