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Name |
Hamlin, Simon M. |
Born |
10 Aug 1866 |
Birthplace |
Standish, Maine |
Father |
Ebenezer Cotton Hamlin |
Mother |
Abby Moulton Hasty |
Education |
Gorham Normal School, Gorham, Maine Bridgton Academy, Bridgton, Maine Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, graduated 1900 |
Spouse |
Luetta Higgins, m 1893 Anne Wilson Brackett, m 1902 Evelyn E. Field, m 1934 |
Children |
Katherine L. Hamlin, b 1893 Zelma E. Hamlin, b 1894 |
Occupation |
1913-1925, superintendent, South Portland School District 1913, city clerk, City of South Portland, Maine 1900-1912, principal, South Portland High School Teacher, real estate, farming |
Titles & honors |
1934, elected to U.S. Congress, the first democrat from Maine's First District since 1862. He styled himself a "Maine dirt farmer." Although tireless in his efforts on behalf of his constituents while he was in Washington, a returning tide of Republicanism combined with the Townsend vote, defeated him in 1936. He lost to James Oliver and returned to his life of farming. 1933-1934, mayor, City of South Portland, Maine |
Notes |
Hamlin School, Ocean Street, South Portland, Maine, was named after him His graduation from Bowdoin was delayed until he was nearly 34 because he aided a widowed mother in clothing, feeding and housing five brothers and sisters. Buried at Hamlin Cemetery, Standish, Maine |
Deceased |
27 Jul 1939 |
Deceased where |
South Portland, Maine |
