John Lynch (Maine politician)
John Lynch | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 1st district | |
In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873 | |
Preceded by | Lorenzo D. M. Sweat |
Succeeded by | John H. Burleigh |
Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
In office 1862-1864 | |
Personal details | |
Born | February 18, 1825 publisher |
John Lynch (February 18, 1825 – July 21, 1892) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant, manufacturer and newspaper publisher from Maine.
Born in
Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury from 1871 to 1873. Afterward, he permanently moved to Washington, D.C. where he established the Washington Daily Union in 1877 and engaged in the manufacturing of bricks and drain pipes. Lynch died while on a visit to Portland, Maine on July 21, 1892, and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery
in Portland.
External links
- United States Congress. "John Lynch (id: L000531)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- "John Lynch". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress