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Maine's first full-time governor
by Outspoken on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:35 pm
Maine's first full-time governor
By SUSAN M. COVER
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
AUGUSTA -- Gov. Carl Milliken stood before the Maine Legislature in April 1917 to give a powerful message about America's entry into World War I.
The 39-year-old governor had been in office only four months.
"For more than 30 months, Americans have watched with growing horror and amazement the appalling world catastrophe across the sea," he said. "With unbelievable patience and self-restraint, we have seen our flag insulted, our rights insolently invaded, our citizens, even women and children, foully murdered upon the high seas."
Milliken, a Republican, led Maine through the war, won a second two-year term, and dealt with issues from women's suffrage to the ongoing debate over Prohibition.
He's remembered as Maine's first full-time governor, the first to live in the Blaine House, and as a man who enhanced the look of Augusta by improving Capitol Park, among other places.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4308760.html
By SUSAN M. COVER
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
AUGUSTA -- Gov. Carl Milliken stood before the Maine Legislature in April 1917 to give a powerful message about America's entry into World War I.
The 39-year-old governor had been in office only four months.
"For more than 30 months, Americans have watched with growing horror and amazement the appalling world catastrophe across the sea," he said. "With unbelievable patience and self-restraint, we have seen our flag insulted, our rights insolently invaded, our citizens, even women and children, foully murdered upon the high seas."
Milliken, a Republican, led Maine through the war, won a second two-year term, and dealt with issues from women's suffrage to the ongoing debate over Prohibition.
He's remembered as Maine's first full-time governor, the first to live in the Blaine House, and as a man who enhanced the look of Augusta by improving Capitol Park, among other places.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4308760.html
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