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  Williamson, William D.
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AffiliationAdams Republican  
 
NameWilliam D. Williamson
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Bangor, Maine , United States
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Born July 31, 1779
DiedMay 27, 1846 (66 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Mar 08, 2024 10:40am
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InfoWILLIAMSON, William Durkee, a Representative from Maine; born in Canterbury, Conn., July 31, 1779; moved in boyhood with his father to Amherst, Mass.; attended the common schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1804; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bangor, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), in 1807; State’s attorney for Hancock County 1808-1815; postmaster of Bangor, Maine, 1810-1821; member of the Massachusetts State senate from 1816 until the separation of Maine from Massachusetts in 1820; served in the Maine State senate in 1820 and 1821 and was elected its president both years; as president of the senate he became Governor upon the resignation of Governor King in 1821; elected to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); was not a candidate for renomination in 1822; judge of probate for Penobscot County 1824-1840; bank commissioner 1838-1841; died in Bangor, Maine, May 27, 1846; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.


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  04/02/1827 ME District 7 - 3rd Trial Won 36.46% (+13.78%)
  09/11/1826 ME District 7 - 1st Trial Won 42.76% (+7.94%)
  09/13/1824 ME District 7 Lost 23.73% (-41.23%)
  04/07/1823 ME District 7 Lost 0.66% (-51.10%)
  09/10/1821 ME Governor Lost 0.12% (-52.65%)
  09/10/1821 ME - 4th Eastern - 3rd Trial Won 48.48% (+30.38%)
  05/28/1821 ME Governor - Acting Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/22/1821 ME - 4th Eastern - 2nd Trial Won 46.31% (+24.14%)
  11/07/1820 ME - 4th Eastern - 1st Trial Won 45.99% (+24.95%)
  04/03/1820 ME State Senate - Penobscot Won 50.31% (+0.62%)
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