Samuel Shapiro (politician)

Samuel Shapiro (born August 26, 1927 in Brownsville , Pennsylvania ) is an American politician who was Maine State Treasurer from 1981 to 1996 .

Life

Samuel Shapiro was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, to Maurice Shapiro and Anna Silver. His parents were immigrants, the father from Ukraine, the mother from Lithuania. Shapiro was born into a Jewish family and belongs to Judaism.

After two years of service in the United States Navy , he attended the University of Pittsburgh with the help of the GI Bill . There he graduated in 1952. He then moved to Waterville , Maine , and ran several home furnishings stores with his father-in-law.

As a member of the Democratic Party , he was Maine State Treasurer from 1981 to 1996.

Samuel Shapiro married Carol Plavin in the fall of 1953, with whom he had three children. His wife died in 2013.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Shapiro Carol Shapiro, Samuel 'Sam': Interview with Sam and Carol Shapiro by Andrea L'Hommedieu (= George J. Mitchell Oral History Project ). January 1, 2009 ( bowdoin.edu ).
^ MOD - Profiles - Shapiro - Maine General Health Office of Philanthropy. In: mainegeneral.org. give.mainegeneral.org, accessed October 23, 2016 .
↑ CAROL Plavin SHAPIRO's Obituary on Central Maine. In: centralmaine.com. Central Maine, accessed October 23, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Shapiro, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brownsville , Pennsylvania

[Bow-1] Shapiro Carol Shapiro, Samuel 'Sam': Interview with Sam and Carol Shapiro by Andrea L'Hommedieu (= George J. Mitchell Oral History Project ). January 1, 2009 ( bowdoin.edu ).

[2] MOD - Profiles - Shapiro - Maine General Health Office of Philanthropy. In: mainegeneral.org. give.mainegeneral.org, accessed October 23, 2016 .

[3] CAROL Plavin SHAPIRO's Obituary on Central Maine. In: centralmaine.com. Central Maine, accessed October 23, 2016 .