Abner Coburn

Abner Coburn (born March 22, 1803 in Skowhegan , Somerset County , Maine , † January 4, 1885 ibid) was an American politician and Governor of Maine from 1863 to 1864 .

Early years

Abner Coburn attended Bloomfield Academy and local schools in his home country. He then began a successful career as a surveyor. He soon became one of Maine's greatest landowners and richest citizens. Coburn's political rise began in 1838 with his election to the Maine House of Representatives . In the years 1840 and 1844 he was re-elected to this body. He was one of the founding members of the Republican Party in Maine in 1854 . Between 1855 and 1857 he was on the Advisory Board to the Governor of Maine and in 1860 he was one of the electors to Abraham Lincoln . In 1862 Coburn was elected as his party's candidate for the new governor of Maine.

Governor of Maine

Coburn took up his new office on January 7, 1863. During his one-year term in office, he supported the federal government's war efforts. The turn of the American Civil War also fell during this period . After the victories of the Union Army at Gettysburg and the capture of the Vicksburg Fortress in Mississippi , the Union troops had a clear advantage. Coburn's tenure ended on January 6, 1864. He then retired from politics. But he remained active in business. He became president of a bank and a railroad company. When he died on January 4, 1885, he bequeathed part of his land to the state on which a public park was to be built. The Coburnpark was opened in 1907.

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.

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SURNAME	Coburn, Abner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Governor of Maine
DATE OF BIRTH	March 22, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	Skowhegan , Maine
DATE OF DEATH	January 4, 1885
Place of death	Skowhegan , Maine