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  Gould, Arthur R.
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NameArthur R. Gould
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Presque Isle, Maine , United States
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Born March 16, 1857
DiedJuly 24, 1946 (89 years)
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Jun 29, 2019 02:31pm
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InfoBorn in East Corinth, Penobscot County, Maine, March 16, 1857; attended the common schools and East Corinth Academy; moved to Presque Isle, Maine, in 1887; engaged in the lumber business and built power plants and an electric railroad; president of the Aroostook Valley Railroad Co. 1902-1946; member, State senate 1921-1922; elected on November 29, 1926, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bert M. Fernald and served from November 30, 1926, to March 3, 1931; was not a candidate for renomination in 1930; chairman, Committee on Immigration (Seventy-first Congress); engaged in the railroad and lumber businesses; died in Presque Isle, Maine, July 24, 1946; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.


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