DATE OF BIRTH: September 12, 1843 |
PLACE OF BIRTH: Freedom |
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DATE OF DEATH: January 10, 1897 |
PLACE OF DEATH: Bangor |
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PROFESSION: Lawyer, Businessman |
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POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Republican |
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TERM IN OFFICE: February 5, 1880 – January 13, 1881 |
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FIRST LADY: Laura Goodwin |
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QUOTE: The love of liberty sometimes leads beyond the liberty to do right. The respect for law checks and regulates this spirit; it has ever been our guide in all the history of our State; it has triumphed in the great crisis through which we have just passed.
Inaugural Address, February 5, 1888 |
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OTHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICES: State Representative, State Senator, Collector of Customs for Bangor |
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FURTHER READING:
Chase, Henry. Representative Men of Maine. Portland: The Lakeside Press, 1893, p. XLIX.
Kennebec Journal, Augusta, January 11, 1897.
McIntyre, Philip W. and Blanding, William F. Men of Progress. Boston: New England Magazine, 1897, pp. 462-463.
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Daniel Franklin Davis. Augusta: Kennebec Journal, 1897. |
