JOHN HOLMES Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Vol. VIII Special Number, June 1920 No. 1 page 58 Some Representative Maine Men of Yesterday and Today Note -- The Journal acknowledges the kind cooperation of Dr. Henry S. Burrage author of Maine in the Northeastern Boundary Controversy, in the production of this department. Through his courtesy we are enabled to pro- duce herein the following portraits: John Holmes, Albion K. Parris, Charles S. Daveis, Enoch Lincoln, Leuel Williams, John Fairfield, George Evans, Peleg Sprague, Edward Kent and William King. JOHN HOLMES Born in Kingston, Mass., March 14, 1773; Brown University 1796; admitted to Bar 1799 and located in Alfred, Maine; member of Congress 1817-20; U. S. Senator 1820-1827 and 1829-33; member of Maine House of Repre- sentatives 1835-38; U. S. attorney 1841 until his death whic occurred in Portland July 7, 1843. (c) 1998 Courtesy of Tina Vickery and Courtesy of the Androscoggin Historical Society ************************************************* * * * * 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. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.