Nathan A. Farwell
Nathan A. Farwell | |
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| United States Senator from Maine | |
| In office October 27, 1864 – March 3, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | William P. Fessenden |
| Succeeded by | William P. Fessenden |
| Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
| In office 1860 1863-1864 | |
| Member of the Maine Senate | |
| In office 1853-1854 1861-1862 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nathan Allen Farwell February 24, 1812 Unity, Massachusetts, (now in Maine), U.S. |
| Died | December 9, 1893 (aged 81) Rockland, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Nathan Allen Farwell (February 24, 1812 – December 9, 1893) was a politician, businessman and
United States Senator from Maine
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Life and career
Born in
lime and in shipbuilding. Farwell subsequently became a master mariner and trader. He then studied law and moved to Rockland, Maine, where he founded the Rockland Marine Insurance Co., and served as president, as well as practicing law in that city. He traveled in Europe from 1845 to 1847.[1]
He was a member of the
National Union Convention in Philadelphia in 1866.[1]
Farwell died in
Elijah P. Lovejoy.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "FARWELL, Nathan Allen - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
Notes
- United States Congress. "Nathan A. Farwell (id: F000038)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-5-13
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "Farwell, Nathan Allen". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 2. New York: D. Appleton. p. 420.
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