Harris M. Plaisted

Harris Plaisted

Harris Merrill Plaisted (born November 2, 1828 in Jefferson , Coos County , New Hampshire , †  January 30, 1898 in Bangor , Maine ) was an American politician and governor of the state of Maine from 1881 to 1883 .

Early years

Plaisted attended Waterville College until 1853 . He then studied at the Albany Law School Law . After his exams and his admission to the bar in 1856, he began to practice in Bangor in his new profession. During the civil war he served in the Union Army and made it major general . Plaisted was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine in 1867 and 1868 . At that time he was still a member of the Republican Party , whose federal party congress he attended in 1876 as a delegate. Between 1873 and 1875 he was Attorney General of Maine, from 1875 to 1877 he represented his state in the US House of Representatives . In 1879 he fell out with the Republican Party and joined the Democrats . In 1880 he was elected as their candidate for governor.

Governor of Maine

Plaisted began his two-year term on January 13, 1881. This was overshadowed by the conflict between him and the Republican majority in parliament, which challenged all his appointments and made it difficult for him to govern. In 1882, his re-election attempt failed; therefore he had to give up his office on January 13, 1883. After the end of his tenure, Plaisted retired from politics and devoted himself to the press. Between 1884 and 1898 he was editor of the newspaper "New Age", which appeared in Augusta . Harris Plaisted died on January 30, 1898 and was buried in Bangor. He was married twice and had four children in total. His son Frederick was also governor of Maine from 1911 to 1913.

Web links

• Harris Plaisted at the National Governors Association (English)
• Harris M. Plaisted in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Harris M. Plaisted in the database of Find a Grave (English)