Horace Hildreth
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| Born | Horace Augustus Hildreth December 2, 1902 Gardiner, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | June 2, 1988 (aged 85) Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Katherine |
| Children | Hoddy |
| Education | Bowdoin College (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
Horace Augustus Hildreth (December 2, 1902 – June 2, 1988) was born in
In
He won the
From 1947 to 1948 he chaired the National Governors Conference and proposed that the retail sales tax be the exclusive province of the federal government as a trade-off for the elimination of federal gas, inheritance and alcohol taxes.
In 1948 he lost the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator to Margaret Chase Smith thus ending his political career. In 1949 he founded Community Broadcasting Service, a company which in 1953 would establish Maine's first television station, WABI-TV. Community Broadcasting Service later became known as Diversified Communications, a company which is still in existence today and still controlled by the Hildreth family.
From the time of his loss of the senatorial nomination until his appointment as
From 1953 to 1957, Hildreth served the
Hildreth died on June 2, 1988, of a heart attack.[3]
Hildreth's son, Hoddy Hildreth, later became a member of the Maine House of Representatives and a leading conservationist.
References
- ^ "Grounding the Humanities". www.bucknell.edu. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ISBN 978-969-8666-01-9.
- ^ "Horace Hildreth, 85, Ex-Governor of Maine". The New York Times. June 4, 1988. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
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