Frederick Robie

Frederick Robie

Frederick Robie (born August 12, 1822 in Gorham , Maine , † February 3, 1912 ibid) was an American politician and governor of the state of Maine from 1883 to 1887 .

Early years

Frederick Robie attended Gordon Academy and then Bowdoin College until 1841 . He then studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia . After his medical exam he practiced as a doctor in Biddeford and later in Waldoboro and Gorham. During the civil war he was paymaster in the Union Army . Robie served in the Maine Senate between 1866 and 1867 . From 1868 to 1878 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine and temporarily its president . He was then a member of the Maine Governor's Advisory Board. In 1882 he was elected as the new governor as a candidate for the Republican Party against the Democratic incumbent Harris M. Plaisted .

Governor of Maine

Robie took up his new office on January 3, 1883 and remained in office after successful re-election until January 5, 1887. He was the first of nine Republican governors in Maine to rule continuously. It was not until 1910 that Frederick W. Plaisted , a Democrat, was again elected governor. Robie's four years as governor were uneventful. After his term of office he withdrew from politics and worked again as a doctor. He was also on the boards of the First National Bank of Portland and the Rochester Railroad Company .

Frederick Robie died on February 3, 1912. He was buried in his hometown of Gorham. Frederick Robie was married to Olivia M. Priest, with whom he had four children. He was the great-nephew of Governors Enoch Lincoln of Maine and Levi Lincoln of Massachusetts. His grandson, also named Frederick Robie , became Secretary of State of Maine.

literature

• Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 2, Meckler Books, Westport 1978. 4 volumes.

Web links

• Frederick Robie in the National Governors Association (English)

• Frederick Robie in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Frederick Robie at The Political Graveyard