JOHN E. BUNKER Sprague's Journal of Maine History Vol. VI Nov. Dec. 1918, Jan. 1919 No. 3 Page 104 JOHN E. BUNKER Deep regret was felt all over Maine when on Aug. 16, 1918 the sad news was flashed over the wires that John E. Bunker had died at the Eastern Maine General Hospital. He was born in Trenton, Hancock County, Maine, April 24, 1866 and received his early education at the East Maine Conference Semi- nary at Bucksport and the Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville. He read law with Wiswell, King, and Peters at Ellsworth and entered Boston University Oct., 1890. He was for a time chief librarian of the law school library in that University. He was admitted to the bar Oct., 1892, and opened an office and practiced for some years in Bar Harbor. He was for nine years chairman of the Board of Selectman of that town and for a time was Clerk of Courts for Hancock County. He was formerly a Republican in politics but later became a member of the Demo- cratic party and was Secretary of State during the administration of Governor Curtis. In 1916 he was the Democratic candidate for Congress in the 3d district. When the United States entered war with Germany, Governor Milliken appointed him Executive Secretary of the Maine Commit- tee of Public Safety and later appointed him chairman of the Public Utilities commission. He was active in fraternal orders taking an especial interest in Odd Fellowship. He was a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge (I.O.O.F.) of Maine and Past Grand Repre- sentative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge. He had a wide acquaint- ance and many friends all over Maine. Courtesy of Tina Vickery and the Androscoggin Historical Society (c)1998 * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents.
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