Joshua Chamberlain 1828-1914
William Pitt Fessenden 1806-1869 Cast the crucial NOT GUILTY vote
Hannibal Hamlin 1809-1891
Winslow Homer 1836-1891
Henry Knox 1750-1806
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882
Margaret Chase Smith 1897-1995
Guy P. Gannett 1881-1954
Stephen King, writer whose novels often are made into motion pictures.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896), abolitionist and humanitarian, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Leon L. Bean(1872-1967)Merchant. Established the famous LLBean Clothing and Camping Wear store.
John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805-1877) Clergyman - Author-
Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996) US Senator
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) U.S. Vice President was born in Maine.
John Knowles Paine (1839-1906) One of American's first native composers
Dorothea Dix (1802 - 1887), humanitarian and social reformer.
Charles Herbert Best. (1899-1978) Participated in the discovery of Insulin.
Charles W. Goddard (1879-1951)Playwright. He was the originator of "serial"
Commander of 20th Maine Infantry in the
Civil War and was present at Lee's surrender.Governor 1867-1871
U.S.House of Representatives 1840-1842
U.S.Senator 1854-1869
at the impeacment trial of President Andrew Jackson
U.S.House of Representatives 1843-1847
U.S.Senate 1847-1857 and 1869-1881
One of the original founders of the Republican Party
First Republican Governor of Maine in 1857
Vice President under Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
Famous artist who depicted Maine in his many
seascape and nautical paintings.
Revolutionary War General:
First U.S.Secretary Of War under President George Washington.
He built the mansion "MONTPELLIER" located on the
eastern bank of the Georges River in Thomaston,Maine.
World famous poet and Professor
who immortalized the famous "Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere.
First female U.S.Senator 1949-1972
Newspaperman and Publisher
Founder of Guy Gannett Broadcasting Services
Some works include The
Shining, Salem's Lot, Carrie, Pet Sematary, and Midnight Shift.
Noted Historian.Abraham Lincoln credited Abbott's writing "for about all the historical knowledge I have."
motion pictures including the original scripts for "The Perils of Pauline".
