Frederic Parkhurst

Frederick Hale Parkhurst (born November 5, 1864 in Bangor , Maine , † January 31, 1921 in Augusta , Maine) was an American politician and in 1921 governor of the state of Maine.

Early years

Frederick Parkhurst attended local schools in his home country and then studied law at Columbian Law School in Washington, DC . After graduating and admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in Bangor. At the same time he ran a leather goods shop with his father.

Political career

From 1893 Parkhurst was politically active. That year he was a councilor for Bangor. Between 1895 and 1896 and again from 1899 to 1902 he was an MP in the Maine House of Representatives . From 1901 to 1904 he was on the advisory board of Governor John Fremont Hill . Between 1907 and 1908 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1920 he was elected as the candidate of the Republican Party for the new governor of Maine, with 66:34 percent of the vote, clearly prevailing against the Democrat Bertrand G. McIntire. He took up his new office on January 5, 1921 and died suddenly on January 31 of the same year. That made him one of the shortest gubernatorial terms in Maine's history. Frederick Parkhurst was married twice and had a total of four children.

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SURNAME	Parkhurst, Frederic
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Parkhurst, Frederick Hale (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 5, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bangor , Maine
DATE OF DEATH	January 31, 1921
Place of death	Augusta , Maine