DATE OF BIRTH: September 8, 1828 |
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brewer |
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DATE OF DEATH: February 24, 1914 |
PLACE OF DEATH: Portland |
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PROFESSION: College Professor |
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POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Republican |
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TERM IN OFFICE: January 4, 1867 – January 5, 1871 |
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FIRST LADY: Frances C. Adams |
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QUOTE: It has been proposed to erect a monument to commemorate the virtues of the dead, which shall testify to coming generations our gratitude to heroism. But when so many widows and orphans are crying for bread, and so many wounded are over-worn and lying patiently by, hopeless of any active part in the country’s rejoicing, I for one feel that our first duty is to these.
Inaugural Address, January 4, 1867 |
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OTHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICES: Major General, President of Bowdoin College, Member of the 1878 Paris Exposition Commission, Collector of Customs for Portland |
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FURTHER READING:
Chase, Henry. Representative Men of Maine. Portland: The Lakeside Press, 1893, p. 63.
MacDonald, William. “Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,” Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1933, Vol. 3, pp. 597-598.
McIntyre, Philip W. and Blanding, William F. Men of Progress. Boston: New England Magazine, 1897, pp. 565-568.
Pullen, John J. Joshua Chamberlain, A Hero’s Life & Legacy. Mechanicsburg, Pa: Stackpole Books, 1999.
Pullen, John J. The Twentieth Maine. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside House, Inc., 1997.
Simpson, Brooks D. “Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,” American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, Vol. 4, pp. 635-636.
Wallace, Willard M. Soul Of The Lion. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960 |
