Blaine, James G., Mrs., 1828-1903

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1830, Jan. 31 Born, West Brownsville, Pa. 1847 Graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pa. 1850 Married Harriet Stanwood 1852 1854 Teacher, Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind, Philadelphia, Pa. 1854 Moved to Maine; became editor of the Kennebec Journal and the Portland Advertiser 1856 Delegate to the first Republican Party national convention 1859 1862 Member, Maine state legislature 1859 1881 Chairman, Maine Republican Party State Committee 1863 1876 United States representative from Maine 1877 1881 United States senator from Maine 1881 Secretary of state 1884 Unsuccessful Republican Party presidential candidate 1884 1886 Published Twenty Years of Congress (Norwich, Conn.: H. Bill Publishing Co. 2 vols.) 1889 1892 Secretary of state 1893, Jan. 27 Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the James Gillespie Blaine Papers, 1777-1945, (bulk 1870-1892), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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