Governor Harris Merrill Plaisted 11,13,18
- Born: 2 November 1828, Jefferson, Coos, New Hampshire, USA 13,16,18
- Marriage: (1): Sarah J. Mason 21 September 1858 13,16
- Marriage: (2): Mabel F. Hill 27 September 1881 16
- Died: 31 January 1898, at age 69 13
User ID: Plai0943.
General Notes:
From the Congressional Biographical Directory:
PLAISTED, Harris Merrill, a Representative from Maine; born in Jefferson, Coos County, N.H., November 2, 1828; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Waterville (Maine) College in 1853 and from the Albany (N.Y.) Law School in 1856; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine, in 1856; during the Civil War served in the Union Army and was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Eleventh Regiment, Maine Infantry, October 30, 1861, and colonel May 12, 1862; brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers February 21, 1865, and major general March 13, 1865; member of the State house of representatives in 1867 and 1868; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868; attorney general of Maine 1873-1875; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel F. Hersey and served from September 13, 1875, to March 3, 1877; was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; author of “Digest of Maine Reports from 1820 to 1880”; Governor of Maine 1881-1883; editor and publisher of the New Age, Augusta, from 1883 until his death in Bangor, Maine, January 31, 1898; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Harris married Sarah J. Mason on 21 September 1858 13.,16 (Sarah J. Mason was born of Waterville, Maine 13 and died on 25 October 1875 13,16.)
Harris next married Mabel F. Hill on 27 September 1881.16
Marriage Notes:
Marriage notice in "The Portsmouth Journal of Literature & Politics" Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Oct 1, 1881 "In Exeter, Me. Sept 27, Harris M. Plaisted, Gov. of Maine, to Miss mabel F. Hill of Exeter.
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