Josiah Hayden Drummond

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Josiah Hayden Drummond

Josiah Hayden Drummond (born August 30, 1827 in Winslow , Maine , † October 25, 1902 in Portland , Maine) was an American lawyer and politician who was Maine Attorney General from 1860 to 1863 .

Life

Josiah Hayden Drummond was born in Winslow, Maine in 1827 to Clark Drummond (1796–1888) and Cynthia Blackwell (1799–1868). He attended Vassalboro Academy and Waterville College, now Colby College, and completed his education there in 1846. To finance his studies, Drummond worked as a teacher. He studied at Waterville under the guidance of Boutelle and Noyes. In 1850 he was admitted to the bar and in the same year he was a member of a commission that should be active in California , as there were hardly any trained lawyers. When he wanted to set up in California, he received a letter from Boutelle, which offered him the firm in Waterville. Drummond returned and took over the office. He stayed in Waterville until 1860. Until 1855 he was a member of the Democratic Party , but he disliked the party's attitude to slavery, which he had rejected since his student days. That is why he left the Democratic Party and joined the Republican Party .

Drummond moved to Portland in 1860 when he became Maine Attorney General. He was elected by GW Ingersoll after the sudden death and held it until 1863. A member of the Republican Party, he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859 and 1869, and Speaker of the House from 1858 to 1859 and a member of the Maine Senate in 1860. Drummond was a supporter of Hannibal Hamlin and on the Republican Congress in 1964, he campaigned for Hamlin's candidacy for vice-president.

Drummond was a member of the Board of Trustees of Colby College and from 1888 also chairman. In 1871 the college awarded him an honorary doctorate "Doctor of Laws" in recognition of his achievement. He served as legal advisor to the Portland and Kennebec Railroad until his death, and in 1876 he was elected director of Union Mutual Life Insurance Company. In 1881, he and his son founded the law firm Drummond & Drummond in Portland, which is the oldest law firm in Portland and is still active today.

In addition, Drummond belonged to the Freemasons . He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine, General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, as well as General Grand Master of the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction .

Drummond was also active as a historian and writer. He wrote several books on the history of his family and his wife, as well as Freemasonry in the United States.

A Liberty freighter , SS JH Drummond, was named after him.

Josiah Hayden Drummond was married to Elzada Rollins Bean (1829-1907). They had several children. He died on October 25, 1902 in Portland, his grave is in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland.

plant

  • John Rogers of Marshfield and Some of His Descendants. Higginson Book Company, 1898.
  • James Rogers of Londonderry, and James Rogers of Dunbarton. Manchester NH 1897. (New edition, Kessinger Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-104-13518-8 )
  • Masonic Historical and Bibliographical Memoranda. Masonic Collectors' Assoc, 1882.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ,: Volume 57 1903 . Heritage Books, 1999, ISBN 0-7884-1076-8 ( books.google.com ).
  2. ↑ a b Read-Only. (No longer available online.) In: colby.edu. web.colby.edu, archived from the original on February 13, 2016 ; accessed on February 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / web.colby.edu
  3. ↑ Josiah Hayden Drummond, Portland, approx. 1890. In: mainememory.net. Maine Memory Network, accessed February 13, 2016 .
  4. ^ Maine Attorneys General, 1820- | Maine State Legislature. In: maine.gov. legislature.maine.gov, accessed February 13, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Portland, Maine Law Firm History - Drummond & Drummond. In: ddlaw.com. Drummond & Drummond, LLP., Accessed February 13, 2016 (American English).
  6. ↑ 1827-1902; Josiah Hayden Drummond; Most Worshipful - [NY] - Biographical Sketches. In: lunaimaging.com. gwm.lunaimaging.com, accessed February 13, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Grand Masters - Pollard: Freemasonry. In: mainemasonrytoday.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
  8. ^ Greg H. Williams: The Liberty Ships of World War II: A Record of the 2,710 Vessels and Their Builders, Operators and Namesakes, with a History of the Jeremiah O'Brien . McFarland, 2014, ISBN 978-0-7864-7945-0 ( books.google.com ).
  9. ↑ Liberty Ships in Peacetime 6. In: armed-guard.com. www.armed-guard.com, accessed on February 13, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Drummond, Josiah Hayden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Winslow , Maine
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1902
Place of death Portland , Maine