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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Edwin Flye |
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Newcastle, Maine , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 04, 1817
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| Died | July 12, 1886
(69 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | FLYE, Edwin, a Representative from Maine; born in Newcastle, Lincoln County, Maine, March 4, 1817; attended the common schools and Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, Maine; engaged in mercantile pursuits and shipbuilding; member of the State house of representatives in 1858; served for many years as president of the First National Bank of Damariscotta, Maine; during the Civil War served as paymaster with the rank of major in the Union Army; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Cincinnati in 1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James G. Blaine and served from December 4, 1876, to March 3, 1877; was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; resumed shipbuilding and also engaged in banking; died while on a visit to the home of his daughter at Ashland, Ky., July 12, 1886; interment in Congregational Cemetery, Newcastle, Maine.
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