Anson Morrill

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Anson Morrill

Anson Peaslee Morrill (born June 10, 1803 in Belgrade , Kennebec County , Massachusetts , † July 4, 1887 in Augusta , Maine ) was an American politician and governor of the state of Maine from 1855 to 1856 .

Early years

Born in present-day Maine, Anson Morrill attended local schools in his homeland. He then earned his living as a teacher in New Brunswick ( Canada ) and as a store clerk in Dearborn (Maine). He later became the owner of a spinning mill.

Political career

Morrill's first public office was the post of manager of the Dearborn Post Office. He held this office between 1824 and 1841. At the same time he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1824 to 1835 . In 1839 he also became the sheriff in Somerset County elected. Between 1850 and 1853 Morrill was the head of his state's land agency ( Maine Land Agent ).

In 1853, Morrill ran unsuccessfully for governor. A year later he was elected as the American Party candidate for the new governor of Maine. He held this office between January 3, 1855 and January 2, 1856. Even then, measures against alcohol consumption were taken in Maine. Morrill ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 1855. After he had joined the new Republican Party , he was a delegate at its first federal party congress in 1856, at which John Charles Frémont was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1861 and 1863 he represented his state in the US House of Representatives ; from 1881 to 1882 he sat again in the State Parliament of Maine. He was also president of the Maine Central Railroad from 1871 to 1887 .

Anson Morrill died on July 4, 1887 and was buried in Augusta. He was married to Rowenta Richardson, with whom he had two children. His brother Lot M. Morrill was also governor of Maine between 1858 and 1861.

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SURNAME Morrill, Anson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morrill, Anson Peaslee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgrade , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1887
Place of death Augusta , Maine